Those who humbly submitted to his baptism with confession of their sins went from it forgiven and cleansed.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Life, the life of the artist too, must be cleansed of all that is unreal.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
She spoke to him, saying that the wound would mend the sooner for being cleansed, and that it was a wonder he was alive at all with the state it was in.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard