Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and ...

And it seems to be that he calls for baptism as a sign of rededication or repurification of life in a typically Jewish way before God. That Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist is as certain as ...

But he is not recorded as being present at Jesus’s baptism, never mind as having himself been the Lord’s baptiser. The article that I mentioned sees this as Luke’s solution to the “delicate problem”.

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

There are many places where water for baptism could be found in the land of Israel. Why was Jesus baptized by John in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea? Biblical geography was highlighted last ...

12, is the Baptism of the Lord ... just heard in the Gospel the words that rang out from heaven when Jesus was baptized by John in the River Jordan. They were spoken by a voice from on high ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as ...

Three popes have visited the believed site of Jesus’ baptism on the Jordanian banks of the Jordan River: John Paul II in 2000, Benedict XVI in 2009 and Francis in 2014. Pope Paul VI first ...

John the Baptist wondered the same thing ... Peter later explained. He said that at Jesus’ baptism, he was “anointed with the Holy Spirit and power” (Acts 10:38). In ancient times, oil ...

This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith on Jan.