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Matthew 3:6 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 6
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.Matthew 3:6 · King James Version
Matthew 3:6 in context
4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confessingexomologeōto confess, to profess, acknowledge openly and joyfully, to one s honour to celebrate…G1843 →
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- JordaniordanēsJordan = " the descender" , the one river of Palestine, has its course of little…G2446 →
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We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe, I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Mat 3:1), or, after those days, long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6