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Matthew 3:15 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 15
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.Matthew 3:15 · King James Version
Matthew 3:15 in context
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- answeringapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- becomethprepōto stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent, to be becoming, seemly, fitG4241 →
- becomethesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
- Sufferaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- fulfilplēroōto make full, to fill upG4137 →
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Our Lord Jesus, from his childhood till now, when he was almost thirty years of age, had lain hid in Galilee, as it were, buried alive; but now, after a long and dark night, behold, the Sun of righteousness rises in glory. The fulness of time was come that Christ should enter upon his prophetical office;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-17