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Jan 22, 2018 · Bart Ehrman’s quote above says that in Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is driven by the Spirit into the wilderness immediately after His baptism, whereas in John, we don’t read of the specific baptism event — only John’s validation of Jesus and his recalling of Jesus’ baptism. Between the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of John, Ehrman appears ...
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The Baptism of Jesus - Jesus came from Galilee. He went to John at the Jordan River to be baptized by him. John tried to stop Him. He said, “I need to be baptized by You. Do You come to me?” Jesus said to him, “Let it be done now. We should do what is right.” John agreed and baptized Jesus. When Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens opened. He saw the Spirit of God coming down ...
Feb 29, 2024 · The Temptation in the Wilderness. After Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. For forty days and forty nights, Jesus fasted and prayed, preparing himself for the ministry ahead. It was during this time that Jesus faced temptation from the devil.
Aug 3, 2005 · In GNaz §2 Jesus is invited by his mother and brother to join them in being baptized by John. But Jesus refuses because John’s baptism is for the forgiveness of sins, and Jesus claims to have committed no sin. A text that denies the event of Jesus’ baptism certainly cannot be used as a witness to the event.
- Introduction
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- The History of Redemption
- John’s Objection
- Jesus’s Answer
- The Coming of The Spirit
- Does Jesus Always Have The Spirit?
- The Voice of The Father
- Jesus Baptizes with The Spirit
What is the significance of the baptism of Jesus? Here is the record given in Matthew 3:13–17: Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill al...
The record of John the Baptist and his baptism of Jesus occurs not only in Matthew 3:13–17, but in Mark 1:9–11 and Luke 3:21–22. In addition, John 1:29–34overlaps with these passages. It describes the descent of the Spirit on Jesus (verse 33), which took place when Jesus was baptized. But it does not directly describe the baptism itself. The verses...
The Gospels set the baptism of Jesus in the context of the age-long unfolding of the history of redemption, which takes place according to the plan of God. The background of this history is found in Genesis 1–3, in the events of creation and the fall. The fall of Adam is followed by the first promise of redemption, found in Genesis 3:15, the promis...
With this larger context in view, we are ready to appreciate more deeply the baptism of Jesus by John. John is preparing people for the coming of Jesus by his call to repentance. When Jesus himself comes to John, John recognizes Jesus’ superiority: “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” (Matt 3:14). John’s objection makes a good dea...
It is no wonder that John feels he should object. And yet Jesus answers the objection: “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness” (Matt 3:15). What does he mean? It is a mysterious statement, and yet it satisfies John: “Then he consented.” Jesus says that his baptism will be “to fulfill all righteousness.” The wo...
When Jesus is baptized, he is carrying out the plan of the Father, laid down before the foundation of the world (1Pet 1:20). In response, God the Father acts in approval. “[B]ehold, the heavens were opened to him.” The opening signifies in visual form the opening of the way to God. Jesus as the Son is always in fellowship with the Father, but this ...
The coming of the Spirit to “rest on him” raises a question. Did Jesus not have the Spirit before this point? According to the biblical doctrine of the Trinity, each person of the Trinity is fully God. Jesus is God, as John 1:1 affirms. God the Son is always in intimate fellowship with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. The three persons are o...
Along with the descent of the Spirit comes “a voice from heaven.” This is the voice of God the Father. “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matt 3:17). This voice picks up on two main Old Testament texts, Psalm 2:7 and Isaiah 42:1. Psalm 2:7 looks forward to the coming of Jesus as the king in the line of David. Isaiah 42:1 describ...
We should also remember John the Baptist’s prophecy that the one who comes after him “will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matt 3:11). This prophecy points to the day of Pentecost, described in Acts 2. On that day the Holy Spirit comes to the apostles and the church with “tongues as of fire” (verse 3). In this way the baptism of Jesus p...
εὐθύς] usual form in Mark; we must, with Tischendorf, read it here also. It belongs to ἀναβ.: immediately (after He was baptized) coming up. A hyperbaton (Fritzsche refers εὐθ. to εἶδε) just as little occurs here as at Matthew 3:16. εἶδε] Jesus, to whom also ἐπʼ αὐτόν refers (see on Matt. l.c.).
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Nov 20, 2005 · The baptism of Jesus is a Trinitarian event. It is the Father who sends Him into the water. It is the Father who sends Him into the world. This is the Father’s Son who is being baptized, and it is the second person of the Trinity, who is united to the humanity of Jesus, that is now submitting to baptism.
