1 Nephi 10:9 And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.
This was a place they were familiar with, and a practice they were familiar with.
2 Nephi 31:5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!
The thought that occurs to me as I read this, and really it is more of a question, is why are there no additional verses in the Book of Mormon about the baptism of Jesus Christ. Was Nephi's testimony of it sufficient for it to not be questioned again? Maybe all you need is Nephi's Witness and then the additional witnesses of the Apostles of Jesus Christ who were at Jerusalem when this occurred.
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