Matthew 3:6
And they were baptized of him in Iordan, confessing their sinnes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
In Context
5Then went out to him Ierusalem and all Iudea, and all the region rounde about Iordan.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21And Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate, and confesse ouer him al the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their trespasses, in all their sinnes, putting them vpon the head of the goate, and shall sende him away (by the hand of a man appointed) into the wildernes.
Numbers 5:7Then they shall confesse their sinne which they haue done, and shall restore the domage thereof with his principall, and put the fift part of it more thereto, and shall giue it vnto him, against whom he hath trespassed.
Job 33:27He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,
Proverbs 28:13He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.
Daniel 9:4And I prayed vnto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, which art great and fearefull, and keepest couenant and mercy toward them which loue thee, and toward them that keepe thy commandements,
Matthew 3:13Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him.
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 →