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Holy Week · Easter Vigil Sixth Reading · Year C

Romans 6:3-11

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

April 15, 2028

The Baptism of Christ, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Baptism of Christ, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Murillo's soft Sevillian light on the Jordan, the dove descending and the water poured from a shell.Paul says we were buried with him by baptism into death; the painting shows the moment the whole argument rests on.Bartolomé Esteban MurilloSeville's leading painter (1617-1682), known for a warm, soft handling that made his religious pictures the most copied in Spain for two centuries.Gemäldegalerie, BerlinBerlin's old-master gallery, with one of the great collections of European painting before 1800, rebuilt after the division and reunification of the city.Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 24:1-12Lk 24:1-12
Second ReadingRom. 6:3-11Rom 6:3-11
First ReadingBar. 3:9-15, 32-4:4Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4
Responsorial PsalmPs. 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (John 6:68c)Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (Jn 6:68c)

Overview & Insights

“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death... so we too might walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4)

See Romans 6:1–7 for an outline of Romans 6:1–14.

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Commentary

Commentary on Romans 6:3-11 (Vigil of Easter)Commentary on Rom 6:3-11 (Vigil of Easter) Working Preacher

Luther Seminary connects Paul's baptism-into-Christ's-death text to the Vigil's baptisms and passage from death to life.

Enduring Word Bible Commentary Romans Chapter 6Enduring Word Bible Commentary Rom Chapter 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse treatment of dying and rising with Christ and newness of life.

Romans 6:1-3 Commentary | Precept AustinRom 6:1-3 Commentary | Precept Austin Precept Austin

Detailed word study and cross-references on baptism into Christ's death opening Romans 6.

Romans 6:3 CommentariesRom 6:3 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentaries on being baptized into Christ's death.

The Easter Vigil (Year B) | Dr. Brant Pitre Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre

Brant Pitre explains Paul's teaching that in baptism we die and rise with Christ, the Vigil's epistle.

Background & Word Study

Book of Romans Overview (Romans 1-4)Book of Rom Overview (Rom 1-4) BibleProject

Animated overview of Paul's argument, setting up the union-with-Christ theme of chapter 6.

Romans 6:3 Greek InterlinearRom 6:3 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for study of baptizo and syntax of baptism into his death.

The Church Fathers

Catena Bible: Romans 6Catena Bible: Rom 6 Catena

Patristic comment on baptism, death to sin, and resurrection life in Romans 6.

Questions preachers ask

What does it mean to be dead to sin?

United with Christ in his death and resurrection through baptism, believers are freed from sin's dominion and called to consider themselves alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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