Luke 3:21

Luke 3:21

19 ^aBut Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

20 also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

John Baptizes Jesus

21 When all the people were baptized, ^ait came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.

22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am ^awell pleased.”

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at ^aabout thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) ^bthe son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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BAPTISM OF AND DESCENT OF THE SPIRIT UPON JESUS. (Luke 3:21-22)

when all the people were baptized—that He might not seem to be merely one of the crowd. Thus, as He rode into Jerusalem upon an ass, "whereon yet never man sat" (Luke 19:30), and lay in a sepulchre "wherein was never man yet laid" (John 19:41), so in His baptism He would be "separate from sinners."

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