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Matthew 3:13

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

KJV

Τότε παραγίνεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Tunc venit Jesus a Galilæa in Jordanem ad Joannem, ut baptizaretur ab eo.

Vulgate

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

ASV

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JesusJohn
Places Jordan River

In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαλιλαία
galilaia
noun · 62×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
παραγίνομαι
paraginomai
verb · 38×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰορδάνης
iordanes
noun · 15×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§535Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan.228 John preaches "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins".229 A crowd of sinners230 - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him. "Then Jesus appears." the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the f…
§1223All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.17 After his resurrection Christ gives this mission to his apostles: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching the…
§1286In the Old Testament the prophets announced that the Spirit of the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission.90 The descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism by John was the sign that this was he who was to come, the Messiah, the Son of God.91 He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total commun…
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Yea, says one; he speaks plainly enough, but the question is if there be any reason in this plainness. For he did not see them sinning, but in the act of change; wherefore they did not deserve blame, but rather praise and approbation, for having left city and houses, and making haste to hear his preaching. What then shall we say? That he had not things present, and even now …
2. Then he suffers Him. 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. For inasmuch as many supposed that John was greater than He, because John had been brought up all his time in the wilderness, and was son of a chief priest, and was c…
Baptism was instituted and consecrated by God. The first that baptized was John, who dipped Christ in the water of Jordan. From him it came to the apostles, who also baptized with water. The Lord expressly commanded them to preach the Gospel and to baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." And Peter said to the Jews who inquired what they shou…
The most important book for New Testament attestation. Contains: (1) The census of Quirinius (Ant. 18.1.1), explaining the political background of Luke 2:1-2. (2) The founding of the "fourth philosophy" (Zealots). (3) THE TESTIMONIUM FLAVIANUM (Ant. 18.3.3) — the most debated passage in ancient historiography, referencing Jesus as a wise man, a worker of wonderful deeds, teache…

Cross-references

  • John 1:15 — John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
  • John 1:32 — And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
  • John 1:33 — And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy
  • 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,
  • 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 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Ga
  • Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Ga
  • Matt 3:6 — And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.