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John understood his responsibility of announcing Jesus' public ministry. As he preached he taught the people: And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. (Mark 1:7-8). Part of John's ministry was baptism. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: (Matthew 3:11). John's baptism, which is one of seven baptisms mentioned in the Scriptures, was a baptism for the believing Jew and demonstrated that sins were washed away by the grace of God.

The mode of water baptism would have been understood by the Jews of John's day because of the similar washings prescribed in the Old Testament. John taught that his baptism was for the repenting sinner who was willing to confess his sins to the Lord God. Because John's baptism was for repentance and confession of sin, we can easily understand his confusion when Jesus Christ, the Son of God who had no sin to confess, came to the banks of the Jordan River to be baptized.

Basically it is BAPTISM.
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