Matthew 3:14
But John earnestly withheld him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him.
Cross References
Luke 1:43And whence is this favour shewn me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:5For John indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost not many days after the present.
Romans 3:25whom God hath proposed as the propitiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, in demonstration of his justice for the remission of past sins, through the patience of God;
Galatians 3:27For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have been invested with Christ.
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest.
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 →