τὸ βάπτισμα : in Mk. there is a double symbolism for the Passion, a cup and a baptism; in Mt.'s true text only the former. The cup is an Old Testament emblem; the baptism not so obviously, yet it may rest on Psalms 42:7; Psalms 59:2; Psalms 124:4-5. The conception of Christian baptism as baptism into death is Pauline (Romans 6).

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Old Testament