The robber on the cross then that repented and got saved?
He was literally crucified with Christ if you think about it. For example
Romans 6:3
Know ye not, that
so many of us
as were baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into his death?
And It does show examples of the forbiding water, or something hindering. For example John the baptist, when Jesus in Mat 3:1-14 came from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. John
forbad him, (for what might appear to be at first obvious reasons) by John (who had the Holy Ghost from the womb Luke 1:15) saying to Jesus, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? I won't post the thing in its entirety but the Ethiopian for example, after Phillip preached Jesus to him he apparently understood that he should be baptized and was the first to say, to Phillip, in Acts 8:36 See,
here is water;
what doth hinder me to be baptized? Philip adds he could if he believed (which follows, "believe and be baptized" as Jesus said) and so he was (nothing hindered him). And likewise again, concerning those who already had the Holy Ghost here Peter states it this way Acts 10:47
Can any man
forbid water, that
these should not be baptized,
which have received the Holy Ghost as
well as we? So John (knew he had to be baptized by Christ who baptized with the Holy Ghost) and yet John had the Holy Ghost from the womb) these also believed (and had the Holy Ghost and were still encouraged to be baptized but it was the way Peter said it "can any man
forbid water". So it appears someone or even certain circumstances can hinder, or forbid it. But the cool part about the thief on the cross (who is often referred to when speaking of the necessity of water baptism) is that he falls into the very category of one (even in the picture itself) as one baptized into his death Romans 6:3 because he is very literally on the cross beside Christ Roman 6:3 As one literally crucified with Christ. Yet at the same time he could literally be understood as one hindered, forbidden or prevented from water itself.
I just always thought, wow, thats pretty cool