Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew Mark and Luke John Calvin
Matthew 3:13-17;Mark 1:9-11;Luke 3:21-23
MATTHEW 3:13-17; MARK 1:9-11; LUKE 3:21-23
Matthew 3:13-17
Mark 1:9-11
Luke 3:21-23
13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him. 14. But John forbade 289 him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and dost thou come to me? 15. And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him. 16. And Jesus, having been baptized, went up immediately from the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him. 17. And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my be loved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
9. And it happened in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in Jordan. 10. And immediately, when he was going up out of the water, he saw the heavens cleft assunder, and the Spirit descending as a dove, upon him. 11. And a voice came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
21. And it happened, that, while all the people were being baptized, 290 when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22. And that the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily appearance, 291 as a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son: in thee I am well pleased. 23.
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age.
Matthew 3:13. That he might be baptized by him. For what purpose did the Son of God wish to be baptized? This may be learned, in some measure, from his answer.
We have already assigned a special reason. He received the same baptism with us, in order to assure believers, that they are ingrafted into his body, and that they are "buried with him in baptism," that they may rise to "newness of life," (Romans 6:4.)
289"Empeschoit fort;" — "strongly opposed him." 290"Quum baptizaretur omnis populus;" — "en baptizant tout le peuple;" — "in baptizing all the people."
291"En apparence corporelle, ou, forme;" — "in bodily appearance, or, shape."