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Originally Posted by joshua  As good exegetes and expositors of Holy Scripture, ought we intepret Paul's proclamation of baptizing Crispus and Gaius as noting two individuals, or as Paul meaning their households, in light of his allusion to Stephanas a few verses later? |
When Christ fed the 5000, the text only refers to the men (i.e. there were 5000 men, and the women and children); so it is conceivable that when Paul mentions a specific person being baptized, he means not only the individual, but also their family as well.