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Luke 3:21 KJV
Luke · chapter 3 · verse 21
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,Luke 3:21 · King James Version
Luke 3:21 in context
19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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Key words (Strong's)
- baptizedenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- prayingproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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The evangelist mentioned John's imprisonment before Christ's being baptized, though it was nearly a year after it, because he would finish the story of John's ministry, and then introduce that of Christ. Now here we have, I. A short account of Christ's baptism, which had been more fully related by St. Matthew.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-38