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συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτίσματι, ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν

Colossians 2:12 beautifully captures the believer’s deep identification with Christ in death and resurrection. The Greek structure intertwines burial, resurrection, faith, and divine power into a seamless theological statement. It is one of the clearest expressions of baptism’s symbolic and spiritual significance in the New Testament.

Grammatical Foundations

συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτίσματι—“Having been buried with him in baptism.” The participle συνταφέντες is aorist passive participle, nominative masculine plural from συνθάπτω—”to be buried together with.” It agrees with the implied subject (“you”) from the larger sentence context.… Learn Koine Greek