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The baptism of Jesus, the ritual purification of Jesus with water by John the Baptist, was a major event described in the three synoptic Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark and Luke). [ a ] It is considered to have taken place at Al-Maghtas (also called Bethany Beyond the Jordan), today located in Jordan .
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; The New International Version translates the passage as: "I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know".
Because had the Lord alone been baptized by John, there would not have lacked who should insist that John's baptism was greater than Christ's, inasmuch as Christ alone had the merit to be baptized by it. [10] Rabanus Maurus: Or, by this sign of baptism he separates the penitent from the impenitent, and directs them to the baptism of Christ. [10]
Gundry notes the emphasis the author of Matthew gives to how quickly Jesus gets out of water of the Jordan.An emphasis not found in Mark or Luke. Gundry believes this is because the baptism would traditionally have been followed by a confessing of sins and the author of Matthew wanted to be clear that Jesus, who had no sins, did not undergo this part of the ritual.
Jesus has come to John the Baptist to be baptized, but John balked at this, saying that he should be the one baptized. In this verse, Jesus explains why it is right that He should be baptized. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all ...
Jesus re-enters the narrative for the first time since Matthew 2:23.In that verse he moves to Nazareth in Galilee.In this verse he returns from that region to Judea.From Nazareth to the Al-Maghtas, the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist, is about 30 miles using modern Highway 71.
The accounts are recorded in Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, and John 1 (Matthew 3:16 (Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32)) And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. In Hebrew, Jonah (יוֹנָה) means ...
John the Baptist is also baptizing people nearby, at Aenon, near Salim, because water was abundant there, and people continued coming for baptism. John's disciples tell him that Jesus is also baptizing people, more than John it seems (John 3:26: "everybody is going to Him"). John replies that "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.