ba,ptisma是「浸」還是「洗」？
CU5 Matthew 3:7 約翰看見許多法利賽人和撒都該人、也來受他的洗（or受他的浸?）、就對他們說、毒蛇的種類、誰指示你們逃避將來的忿怒呢。
NAU Matthew 3:7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who
warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
BGT Matthew 3:7 ¶ ivdw.n de. pollou.j tw/n Farisai,wn kai.
Saddoukai,wn evrcome,nouj evpi. to. ba,ptisma auvtou/ ei=pen
auvtoi/j\ gennh,mata evcidnw/n( ti,j u`pe,deixen u`mi/n fugei/n avpo. th/j
mellou,shj ovrgh/jÈ
如果只是「洗」，聖經的寫作者就不會用bapti,zw，而會用lou,w或plu,nw。「洗」是舊約聖經裡很普通的觀念（特別是「利未記」見表）。如果只是「洗」，就不會造成這麼大的轟動。這說出聖經的寫作者要強調「是浸（不是洗）！」
CU5 Matthew 3:5 那時、耶路撒冷和猶太全地、並約但河一帶地方的人、都出去到約翰那裡。
NAU Matthew 3:5 Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;
BGT Matthew 3:5 To,te evxeporeu,eto pro.j auvto.n ~Ieroso,luma kai.
pa/sa h` VIoudai,a kai. pa/sa h` peri,cwroj tou/ VIorda,nou(
CU5 Matthew 3:6 承認他們的罪、在約但河裡受他的浸。
NAU Matthew 3:6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
BGT Matthew 3:6 kai. evbapti,zonto evn tw/| VIorda,nh| potamw/|
u`pV auvtou/ evxomologou,menoi ta.j a`marti,aj auvtw/nÅ
910 baptisth,j baptistes
Meaning: a baptizer
Origin: from 907
909 baptismo,j baptismos
Meaning: (the act of) a dipping or washing
Origin: from 907
908 ba,ptisma baptisma
Meaning: (the result of) a dipping or sinking
Origin: from 907
Usage: baptism(20)
907 bapti,zw baptizo
Meaning: to dip, sink
Origin: from 911 ba,ptw
910 baptisth,j 909 baptismo,j 908 ba,ptisma < 907 bapti,zw < 911 ba,ptw（原始字根）
ba,ptw是「原始字根」
ba,ptw在聖經中的用例
CU5 Ruth 2:14 到了喫飯的時候、波阿斯對路得說、你到這裡來喫餅、將餅蘸在醋裡。路得就在收割的人旁邊坐下、他們把烘了的穗子遞給他、他喫飽了、還有餘剩的。
NAU Ruth 2:14 ¶ At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here,
that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar." So she
sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was
satisfied and had some left.
CU5 Job 9:31 你還要扔我在坑裡、我的衣服都憎惡我．
NAU Job 9:31 Yet You would plunge me
into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.
CU5 2Ki 8:15 次日哈薛拿被窩、浸在水中、蒙住王的臉、王就死了．於是哈薛篡了他的位。
NAU 2Ki 8:15 On the
following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his
face, so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
BGT 2Ki 8:15 kai. evge,neto th/| evpau,rion kai. e;laben to.
macma kai. e;bayen
evn tw/| u[dati kai. perie,balen evpi. to. pro,swpon auvtou/ kai. avpe,qanen
kai. evbasi,leusen Azahl avntV auvtou/
CU5 Luke 16:24 就喊著說、我祖亞伯拉罕哪、可憐我罷、打發拉撒路來、用指頭尖蘸點水、涼涼我的舌頭．因為我在這火焰裡、極其痛苦。
NAU Luke 16:24 "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip
the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in
this flame.'
CU5 John 13:26 耶穌回答說、我蘸一點餅給誰、就是誰。耶穌就蘸了一點餅、遞給加略人西門的兒子猶大。
NAU John 13:26 Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I
shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the
morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
CU5 Revelation
19:13 他穿著浸泡在血裡的衣服．他的名稱為 神之道。
NAU Revelation
19:13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of
God.
一、
「浸」一定「洗」Act 22:16; Mar 7:4，但「洗」不一定「浸」。「浸」除了「洗」以外，還有別的目的。在上面的例子裡，「吸收」是主要目的。也有以「染色」為目的的Antiquities of the Jews 3:102。Isa 21:4 bapti,zw to cover completely ; Job 9:31 ba,ptw丟進並沒入。
二、
以上所有用例證明ba,ptw的意思是「沒入、浸泡」。
三、
聖經寫作者用的是bapti,zw而不是lou,w或plu,nw，因為約翰強調的是「浸」─一個全新的觀念。
四、
「受洗、施洗」是錯誤的翻譯，正確的翻譯是「受浸、施浸」。
五、
「浸」這個字，在全本和合本聖經裡，只用了2次。影響所及，中文聖經的讀者幾乎沒有「浸」的觀念。這是「以長者的遺傳廢了神的話」的重要例證Mar 7:13。
六、
因為沒有「浸」這個字，也沒有這個觀念，所以今天的基督徒幾乎完全不瞭解「施『浸』者約翰」的見證和職事，也完全偏離了其職事的核心 ─浸。
