Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”
English Majority Text (NT)
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 Jesus arrived from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.
Cross References
Luke 1:43And why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Acts 1:5for John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Romans 3:25whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a demonstration of His righteousness through the passing over of the sins having previously committed, in the forbearance of God,
Galatians 3:27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.
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 →