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7 And he preached, saying, a“There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.  
8 aI indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you bwith the Holy Spirit.”  

John Baptizes Jesus

9 aIt came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  
10 aAnd immediately, coming up1 from the water, He saw the heavens2 parting and the Spirit bdescending upon Him like a dove.  
11 Then a voice came from heaven, a“You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”  

Satan Tempts Jesus

12 aImmediately the Spirit1 drove Him into the wilderness.  
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Mark 1:9-11

Mark 1:9-11 speaks of Jesus and John's first recorded contact.

The "all" of verse 5 includes Jesus both as believing his message and being baptized of him. God at this time fully revealed to John who the Messiah was. However, verses 7-8 make it plain that, before baptizing Jesus, he already knew he was preceding someone. The prophecy given to his father Zacharias (Luke 1:76) had undoubtedly been communicated to him.

Despite the fact that he was no wild man, he was radically alienated from those who were part of the system God had installed during the time of David a thousand years earlier, reestablished under Hezekiah and Josiah, and then later still reinstituted under Ezra following the Jews' return from Babylon.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Elijah and John the Baptist

Related Topics: Baptism of Jesus Christ | Ezra | Hezekiah | John the Baptist | John the Baptist as Elijah | Josiah | Zacharias




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