Luke 3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
KJV
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανόν,
Greek NT
Factum est autem cum baptizaretur omnis populus, et Jesu baptizato, et orante, apertum est cælum :
Vulgate
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
ASV
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
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Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§608After agreeing to baptize him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed him out as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".422 By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol …
§2600The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his own fulfillment of the Father's plan of love by his Passion.43 He also prays before the decisive moments involvi…
Cross-references
- Ezek 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Go
- John 1:32 — And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
- John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- John 12:27 — Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- Luke 4:1 — And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- Luke 5:16 — And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- Mark 1:9 — And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
- Mark 1:9 — And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
- Matt 3:13 — Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Matt 3:16 — 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:
- Rev 4:1 — After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things wh