Luke 3:21

But it was when he had baptized all the people, and also Jeshu he baptized. And while he prayed,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

In Context

20added this also upon all, and shut up Juchanon in the house of the chained.

22the heavens were opened, and the Spirit of Holiness descended upon him in the bodily likeness of a dove: and the voice was from the heavens, which said, Thou art my Son the Beloved One, in thee I have delighted.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:23And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up to a mountain by himself, to pray. AND when it was dark, he alone was there.

Luke 5:16And he passed away into the desert, and prayed.

Luke 9:28And it was after these words about eight days, that Jeshu took Shemun and Jakub and Juchanon, and went up into a mountain to pray.

John 12:27Now my soul, behold it is commoved; and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour:

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:16-21

Imprisonment of John the Baptist. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire… Read the whole commentary →

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