Matthew 3:14
But John refused him; and said, I need to be baptized by thee, and hast thou come to me?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him.
Cross References
Luke 1:43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus replied, and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born anew, he cannot behold the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:5For John baptized with water; but ye will be baptized with the Holy Spirit after not many days.
Romans 3:25whom God hath preconstituted a propitiation, by faith in his blood, because of our sins, which we before committed,
Galatians 3:27For they who have been baptized into the Messiah, have put on the Messiah.
Ephesians 2:3in which deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like 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 →