1 CORINTHIANS 10:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;”
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. — The exodus events are reinterpreted as baptismal: ebapt... eis Mōsēn (baptized into Moses). The preposition eis (into) suggests union with Moses as mediator, paralleling Christian baptism into Christ. Cloud and sea together form the sacramental medium. The parallel sacralizes Israel's experience but also prefigures Christian baptism.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:2
“For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant.” Now this he said, implying that they were not very well instructed in these things. And what is this which you would not have us ignorant of? “That our fathers,” says he, “were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual Rock that followed…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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