BATHING

(See also Cleanness; Showers [Bathing])

benefit of hot bath for colds: g88 6/8 29

Bible times: it-1 263

Jewish ritual bathing: w06 10/15 12-13

danger of overdoing: g04 5/22 28

hot-tub baths (“Jacuzzis”): g86 2/22 30

Roman Empire:

baths: w02 10/15 10

sweat baths: g03 7/22 21-23

symbolic:

“bath of water by means of the word” (Eph 5:26, 27): w08 6/1 13-14

“bath that brought us to life” (Tit 3:5): w04 4/15 12; w91 7/15 12

“bodies bathed with clean water” (Heb 10:22): it-2 1173

thermal baths (Hungary): g 3/08 24-25