Dictionaries :: Interrogation

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Interrogation:

in-ter-o-ga'-shun (eperotema): This word is not found at all in the King James Version, and once only in the American Standard Revised Version (1Pe 3:21), where it replaces the word "answer" of the King James Version. This change according to Alford and Bengel is correct. "The interrogation of a good conscience" may refer to the question asked of a convert before baptism (compare Ac 8:37), or the appeal of the convert to God (compare 1 Joh 3:20-21). The opportunity to do this was given in baptism.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Interrogation:

primarily a question or inquiry, denotes "a demand or appeal;" it is found in 1Pe 3:21, RV, "interrogation" (AV, "answer").
See ANSWER, Note. Some take the word to indicate that baptism affords a good conscience, an appeal against the accuser.