if you take to Israel and tour the ancient land where Jesus lived and ministered, you'll discover that the world of the Bible included included the concept of ritual bathing. Men and women would wash ceremonially to cleanse themselves from the dirt and defilement of the outside world. Jesus and His disciples came preaching and calling people to be baptized in water to symbolize the cleansing that take place through their faith. In the Great Commission, Jesus would command His disciples to "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit