Matthew 3:14
But John forbade him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and comest thou to me?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
In Context
13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be immersed by him.
Cross References
Luke 1:43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:5for John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.
Romans 3:25whom God has set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, through faith in his blood, in order to manifest his righteousness, in passing by the sins that were formerly committed through the forbearance of God;
Galatians 3:27for as many of you as have been immersed into Christ, have put on Christ.
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:14-17
The Baptism of Jesus. 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 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… Read the whole commentary →