74 Cf. E. Percy, Die Probleme, p. 113.
71The burial of Christ might be viewed as setting the seal on his death and symbolizing his entry into the realm of the dead (found by some interpreters in Eph. 4:9-10). His own baptism in the Jordan was a symbolical anticipation of his descent into death and Sheol; cf. his references to his approaching passion in baptismal terms (Mark 10:38-39; Luke 12:50). On the imagery involved see A. R. Johnson, “Jonah 2:3-10,” in Studies in Old Testament Prophecy, ed. H. H. Rowley (Edinburgh, 1950), pp. 82-102, especially p. 102.
72Cf. Col. 3:1; Eph. 2:6; Rom. 6:4-5. While Rom. 6:5 places the believer’s full participation in Christ’s resurrection in the future, the “newness of life” is already present and is expected to find ethical expression here and now.
73Cf. Eph. 1:19-23 for the elaboration of this thought of the divine ἐνέϱγεɩα, which is here the object of faith. (Cf. Col. 1:29 for the divine ἐνέϱγεɩα manifested in the apostle’s ministry.)
74Cf. E. Percy, Die Probleme, p. 113.