Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The Spirit of God descending as a dove (pneuma qeou katabainon wsei peristeran). It is not certain whether Matthew means that the Spirit of God took the form of a dove or came upon Jesus as a dove comes down. Either makes sense, but Luke (Luke 3:22) has it "in bodily form as a dove" and that is probably the idea here. The dove in Christian art has been considered the symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 3:16:
Mark 1:4
Mark 1:9
Luke 3:21
Luke 3:21
Luke 3:22
John 1:32
John 1:51
Acts 7:56
1 Peter 4:14
Revelation 19:10
Revelation 19:11
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