This discipleship, more specifically, is participatory in nature, a sharing so intense that it can only be expressed in the language of liquids (vv. 38–39): that which overtakes from without (baptismal waters) and that which fills from within (the contents of the cup); one that consumes like a flood, one that is consumed. Both images combine a sense of overwhelming power with a sense of profound intimacy. Such is the nature of discipleship with the crucified one.
