But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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… water for the remission of sin? That's what John is wondering. But John tried to deter him, verse 14, saying, I need to be baptized by you. And do you come to me? Jesus replied, let it be so now. it is proper for us to do this, to fulfill all righteousness. Jesus was not being baptized so that his sin could be washed away. He was being baptized so that yours could. In other words, he's perfectly fulfilling all of the righteous requirements because he knows that we can't. Then John consented, and as soon, verse 16, as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment, heaven was open. At that moment, heaven was open, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice, a voice from heaven, the voice of the Father from heaven with the Holy Spirit alighting, a voice from heaven said, This, Jesus, this is my Son whom I love. With him I am well pleased. John heard it. …
Early in the pages of each gospel, we see a picture, a portrayal of the Holy Spirit, not as an eagle, but as a dove. then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him and John tried to prevent him saying I need to be baptized by you and you are coming to me but Jesus answered and said to him permit it to be so now for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness then he allowed him when he had been baptized Jesus came up immediately from the water and behold the heavens were opened to him and he saw what church the spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him John the Baptist did his best to talk his cousin out of the baptism seeking to reverse the roles, but Jesus would have none of it. And the two waded into the cobalt-colored waters of the Jordan River. And so it was that John got Jesus good and wet. …
… Well, I mean, first of all, notice John the Baptist himself recognizes this. So it says, Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him. So here's John the Baptist. Jesus says, you know, the greatest of all the prophets. And he tries to prevent him. I need to be baptized by you, and yet you're coming to me. So John's embarrassment is what everybody would have felt. So what's going on? Well, I want you just to get the scene in your mind. So we're by the River Jordan. I've been there in the Holy Land, one spot where the scholars think John would have been baptizing. People streaming from all over, and they're entering into the water. He's probably there by the shore, and they're coming to him, and then he's baptizing them. So, shoulder to shoulder are all these sinners, people seeking repentance. Jesus, unobtrusively, comes among them. And I imagine he probably waited in line as people came up to John, and suddenly there's Jesus. …