Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by yoʋ, and yet yoʋ are coming to me?”
Text-Critical English 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 came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
Cross References
Luke 1:43How has this happened to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Acts 1:5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Romans 3:25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith, by his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins that had previously been committed.
Galatians 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians 2:3Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of our flesh and our impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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 →