Matthew 3:14
but John was forbidding Him, saying, “I have need to be immersed by You—and You come to me?”
Literal Standard Version
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 comes from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be immersed by him,
Cross References
Luke 1:43and from where [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born from above, he is not able to see the Kingdom of God”;
Acts 1:5because John, indeed, immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days after these.”
Romans 3:25whom God set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—
Galatians 3:27for as many as were immersed into Christ put on Christ;
Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all walked once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath—as also the 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 →