was that common for Jews to be baptized or was that just something that John the Baptist started and was it just a pointing forward to the New Covenant there were a variety of ritual Washings in the old Covenant especially for the sons of Aaron Aaron and the sons of Aaron the high priests um there were also Washings for the common people as well and those would would be I believe legitimate precursors for uh what we understand as baptism today they're not the same thing but legitimate precursors and John I think it's necessary to understand as still as an old Covenant prophet in Old Covenant Israel uh and so I would not this is something I'd like to study further and have a better ready answer to but I would not one toone equate John's baptism with Christian baptism um especially since in the New Testament those who only received John's baptism um needed to be baptized in the name of of Jesus Christ
