Why are Some Being Immersed on Behalf of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:29. Because what will those who are immersed on behalf of the dead be doing? If the dead are not actually being raised, then why are they being immersed on their behalf?

Was this a common practice in the first century? It seems that only what a person does while alive is used on Judgment Day. How strange a practice this is to immerse on behalf of a dead person. It is certainly not in Christian or Jewish theology.

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