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|txtha=2nd aorist [[passive]] συνετάφην; from [[Aeschylus]] and [[Herodotus]] down; to [[bury]] [[together]] [[with]]: τῷ Χριστῷ, [[together]] [[with]] Christ, [[passive]], [[διά]] τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς [[τόν]] θάνατον [[namely]], [[αὐτοῦ]], ἐν τῷ βαπτίσματι, Colossians 2:12. For [[all]] [[who]] in the [[rite]] of baptism are plunged [[under]] the [[water]] thereby [[declare]] [[that]] [[they]] [[put]] [[faith]] in the [[expiatory]] [[death]] of Christ for the [[pardon]] of [[their]] [[past]] sins; [[therefore]] Paul likens baptism to a [[burial]] by [[which]] the [[former]] [[sinfulness]] is buried, i. e. [[utterly]] taken [[away]].