Matthew 3:16

And having received the tevilah in the Yardenʼs mikveh mayim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach immediately came up. And, hinei! The Shomayim were opened to him, and he saw the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem descending like a yonah (dove) and coming upon him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

15But answering him, Yehoshua said, Permit it now, for thus it is proper to fulfill all Tzidkat Hashem. + 3:15 Dan 9:24

17And, hinei, a bat kol (a voice from heaven) came out of Shomayim, saying, ZEH BNI AHUVI ASHER BO CHAFATZTI (This is my Son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased).

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:2And the Ruach + 11:2 Hakodesh of Hashem shall rest upon Him, 1 the Ruach of Chochmah and Binah, 1 the Ruach of Etzah (Counsel) + 11:2 see Isa 9:5 and Gevurah, 1 the Ruach of Da'as and of the Yir'at Hashem; 1

Isaiah 59:21As for Me, this is My Brit + 59:21 see Isa 42:6; 49:8; 54:10; 55:3 (Covenant) with them, + 59:21 i.e., with Moshiachʼs zera, see Isa 53:10 saith Hashem; My Ruach + 59:21 Hakodesh that is upon thee, + 59:21 Moshiach, see Isa 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; 61:1 and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy zera, + 59:21 Isa 53:10 nor out of the mouth of the zera of thy zera, + 59:21 i.e. Moshiachʼs zera generationally saith Hashem, from henceforth and ad olam (forever).

Ezekiel 1:1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, while I was among those of the Golus by the Nahar Kevar, that Shomayim was opened, and I saw mar'ot Elohim.

Luke 3:21And it came about while all the Am [Berit] were receiving the tevilah, and when Yehoshua also had been given the tevilah and was davening, Shomayim was opened,

John 3:34For he whom Hashem sent speaks the Divrei Hashem, for He gives the Ruach Hakodesh without measure. + 3:34 Isa 42:1

Colossians 1:18And Moshiach is the Rosh + 1:18 Prov 8:22; 30:4 of the Geviyah (Body), + 1:18 Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Isa 53:11; Job 19:25-27 and the Geviyah + 1:18 Dt 21:23 (nevilah) is Moshiachʼs Brit Chadasha Kehillah; Moshiach is its Reshit, the Bechor from the Mesim, that Moshiach might be in everything pre-eminent, + 1:18 Ps 89:27

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 →

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