Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. ” Some also regard the statement here as an allusion to the strange practice which began, it is said, to prevail at Corinth, in which a person was baptized in the stead of others who had died before being baptized, to whom it was hoped some of the benefits of that rite would be extended.
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