Matthew 3:6
Making vidduy (confession of sin) + 3:6 to Hashem of their averos (sins), they were submitted to a tevilah (immersion) by him, using the Yarden River as a mikveh mayim (gathering of water).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
In Context
5Then all Yerushalayim and all Yehudah and the whole region of the Yarden were going out to him.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21And Aharon shall lay both his hands upon the rosh (head) of the live goat, v'hitvaddah (and confess) over him kol avonot Bnei Yisroel, and all their peysha'im in all their chattot, putting them upon the rosh of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a designated man into the midbar;
Numbers 5:7Then they shall make vidduy (confession of sin) of their chattot which they have committed; and shall make reparation in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom they hath incurred liability.
Job 33:27He looketh upon anashim, and if any say, 1 I have sinned, and perverted that which was yashar, 1 and it was not recompensed to me, 1
Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his peysha'im (sins) shall not prosper, 1 but he who confesseth and forsaketh them 1 shall find mercy. 1
Daniel 9:4And I davened unto Hashem Elohai, and I made vidduy (confession of sin), and said, O Adonoi, HaEl HaGadol V'HaNorah (the great and dreadful G-d), Shomer HaBrit V'HaChesed (Who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness) to them that love Him, and to them that are shomrei mitzvot;
Matthew 3:13Then Yehoshua comes from the Galil to the Yarden to Yochanan, to submit to Yochananʼs tevilah.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →