1 Corinthians 10:2
in 1 Corinthians 10They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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ASV
and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
KJV
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
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This verse in 1 Corinthians 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd were all baptized unto Moses - Rather Into Moses - into the covenant of which Moses was the mediator; and by this typical baptism they were brought under the obligation of acting according to the Mosaic precepts, as Christians receiving Christian baptism are said to be baptized Into Christ, and are thereby brought under obligation to keep the precepts of the Gospel.
This site's exposition
all our fathers were under the cloud
on 1 Corinthians 10:1-2
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea: Paul turns from his own example in chapter 9 to Israel's, addressing Gentile believers as heirs of the fathers by faith, the same grafting Romans 11 will describe at length. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea: the pillar of cloud, the divine presence guiding and shading Israel in Exodus 13:21, and the Red Sea crossing together form a type of baptism, the whole nation identified with its deliverer as believers are identified with Christ. The bench reads the fourfold all of these two verses as deliberate, every one of that generation shared the same privileges before the same generation fell.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The manna on which they fed was a type of Christ crucified, the bread which came down from heaven, which whoso eateth shall live forever. Their drink was a stream fetched from a rock which followed them in all their journeyings in the wilderness; and this rock was Christ, that is, in type and figure.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Christ is the pillar cloud that screens us from the heat of God's wrath. Christ as "the light of the world" is our "pillar of fire" to guide us in the darkness of the world. As the rock when smitten sent forth the waters, so Christ, having been once for all smitten, sends forth the waters of the Spirit.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Μωϋσῆν | mousen | Moses | G3475 → | |
| ἐβαπτίσθησαν | ebaptisthesan | were baptized | G907 → | 76 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῇ | tea | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| νεφέλῃ | nephele | cloud | G3507 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῇ | tea | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θαλάσσῃ | thalasse | sea | G2281 → |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὸν<the>
tonG3588 →19766 times
ΜωϋσῆνMoses
mousenG3475 →
ἐβαπτίσθησανwere baptized
ebaptisthesanG907 →76 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῇthe
teaG3588 →19766 times
νεφέλῃcloud
nepheleG3507 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῇthe
teaG3588 →19766 times
θαλάσσῃsea
thalasseG2281 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 6:3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
it leads to
- Galatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
- Galatians 2:20–21
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
- Romans 6:8
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- Romans 6:4–5
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of…
- Galatians 3:27
Through
Exodus 14:31When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
it leads to
- John 2:11
Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
- John 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- John 8:30–32
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
- John 2:11
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.