Matthew 3:6

And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

In Context

5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country about the Jordan.

7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, who came to be baptized, he said to them: Generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the wrath that cometh?

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Cross References

Matthew 3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by 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 →

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