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What obstacles to baptism may some Samaritans have faced?The Samaritans in Jesus’ day belonged to a religious sect that was centered in the vicinity of ancient Shechem and Samaria, north of Judea. Before the Samaritans could get baptized, they had to gain a more complete knowledge of God’s Word. The Samaritans accepted as inspired only the first five books of the Bible—Genesis through Deuteronomy—and possibly the book of Joshua. The Samaritans did, however, expect the Messiah to come, based on God’s promise recorded at Deuteronomy 18:18, 19. (John 4:25) In order to get baptized, they had to accept Jesus as the promised Messiah. “Many of the Samaritans” did just that. (John 4:39) Others may have had to overcome the deep-seated prejudice that existed between Samaritans and Jews.—Luke 9:52-54.
Make a comment, answer the question above in a very short sentence And make it very understandable, very simple, and casual, I want you to use the JW bible
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Some Samaritans may have struggled with baptism because they needed to understand more about Jesus as the Messiah and overcome prejudice between Jews and Samaritans.