Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened New Living Translation One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, English Standard Version Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, Berean Standard Bible When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, Berean Literal Bible Now it came to pass, in all the people having been baptized, Jesus also having been baptized and having prayed, the heaven was opened, King James Bible Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, New King James Version When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. New American Standard Bible Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, NASB 1995 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, NASB 1977 Now it came about when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened that when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, Amplified Bible Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, the [visible] heaven was opened, Christian Standard Bible When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As he was praying, heaven opened, Holman Christian Standard Bible When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened, American Standard Version Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, Aramaic Bible in Plain English It happened that when he had baptized all the people, he baptized Yeshua also, and as he prayed, the heavens were opened. Contemporary English Version While everyone else was being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Then as he prayed, the sky opened up, Douay-Rheims Bible Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened; English Revised Version Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, GOD'S WORD® Translation When all the people were baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened, Good News Translation After all the people had been baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened, International Standard Version When all the people had been baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened, Literal Standard Version And it came to pass, in all the people being immersed, Jesus also being immersed, and praying, Heaven was opened, Majority Standard Bible When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, New American Bible After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened NET Bible Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened, New Revised Standard Version Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, New Heart English Bible Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, Webster's Bible Translation Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, Weymouth New Testament Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the sky opened, World English Bible Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened, Young's Literal Translation And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Baptism of Jesus20Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison. 21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, 22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”… Cross References Ezekiel 1:1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. Matthew 3:13 At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. Matthew 14:23 After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone, Mark 1:9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Luke 5:16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray. Luke 9:18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: "Who do the crowds say I am?" Luke 9:28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. Treasury of Scripture Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, that. Matthew 3:13-15 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him… Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. and praying. Luke 9:28,29 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray… John 12:27,28 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour… the heaven. Matthew 3:16,17 And 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: … Mark 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: John 1:32-34 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him… Jump to Previous Added Baptism Baptized Crown Heaven Jesus John Open Opened Prayer Praying Prison Rest Sky ThrewJump to Next Added Baptism Baptized Crown Heaven Jesus John Open Opened Prayer Praying Prison Rest Sky ThrewLuke 3 1. The preaching and baptism of John;15. his testimony of Jesus; 19. Herod imprisons John; 21. Jesus, baptized, receives testimony from heaven. 23. The age and genealogy of Jesus from Joseph upwards. (21-22) Now when all the people were baptized.--See Notes on Matthew 3:13-17. St. Luke's account is the shortest of the three first Gospels, but it adds here, as afterwards in his report of the Transfiguration, the fact that our Lord was "praying" at the time of the divine attestation to His Sonship. (See Introduction.)Verses 21, 22. - The baptism of Jesus. Verses 21, 22. - Now when all the people were baptized. This is the shortest account of the first three Gospels of this event. Two circumstances related are, however, peculiar to St. Luke - the fact that he ascended "praying" from the water, and the opening words of this verse, which probably signify that on this day Jesus waited till the crowds who were in the habit of coming to John had been baptized. Jesus also being baptized. There is a curious addition to the Gospel narratives of the baptism of the Lord preserved by Jerome. He tells us he extracted it from the Hebrew Gospel used by the Nazarenes, a copy of which in his day was preserved at Caesarea. "Lo, the mother of the Lord and his brethren said to him, John the Baptist is baptizing for the remission of sins; let us go and be baptized by him. But he answered and said unto them, In what have I sinned, that I should go and be baptized by him? unless, indeed, it be in ignorance that I have said what I have just said." It is, no doubt, a very ancient traditional saying, and is perhaps founded on some well-authenticated oral tradition. If St. Luke knew of it, he did not consider it of sufficient importance to incorporate it in his narrative. In St. Matthew's account of the "baptism," John at first resists when asked to perform the rite on his kinsman Jesus. His knowledge of Jesus at this time was evidently considerable. He was acquainted, of course, with all that had already happened in his "cousin's" life, and probably it had been revealed to him, or told him by his mother (Luke 1:43), that in the Nazareth Carpenter, the Son of Mary, he was to look for the promised Messiah, with whose life-story his was so closely bound up. The answers to the question, What was the reason of Jesus' baptism? have been many. In this, as in many things connected with the earthly life of our Lord, there is much that is mysterious, and we can never hope here to solve these difficulties with any completeness. The mystic comments of the Fathers, though not perfectly satisfactory, are, however, after all the best of the many notes that have been made on this difficult question. Bishop Wordsworth sums them up well in his words: "He came to baptize water, by being baptized in it." Ignatius ('Ad. Eph.,' 18, beginning of the second century) writes, "He was baptized that, by his submission to the rite, he might purify the water." Jerome, in the same strain, says, "He did not so much get cleansing from baptism, as impart cleansing to it." It would seem that Jesus, in submitting to the rite himself, did it with the intention of sanctifying the blessed sacrament in the future. And praying. Peculiar to St. Luke. This evangelist on eight other occasions mentions the praying of Jesus. The heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended... upon him. While he was praying and gazing up into heaven, the deep blue vault was rent asunder, and the Sinless One gazed far into the realms of eternal light; and as he gazed he saw descend a ray of glory, which, dove-like, brooded above his head, and then lighted upon him. This strange bright vision was seen, not only by him, but by the Baptist (John 1:32, 33). That the form of a dove absolutely descended and lighted upon Jesus seems unlikely; a radiant glorious Something both Jesus and the Baptist saw descending. John compares it to a dove - this cloud of glory sailing through the clear heaven, then, bird-like, sinking, hovering, or brooding, over the head of the Sinless One, then lighting, as it were, upon him. In likening the radiant vision to a dove, probably John had heard of the rabbinical comment (it is in the Talmud) on Genesis 1:2, that the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters like a dove. Milton has reproduced the thought - "And with mighty wings outspread Greek Whenδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. all ἅπαντα (hapanta) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 537: All, the whole, altogether. Absolutely all or every one. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. people λαὸν (laon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people. were being baptized, βαπτισθῆναι (baptisthēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive Strong's 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. was baptized βαπτισθέντος (baptisthentos) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. too. καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. as He was praying, προσευχομένου (proseuchomenou) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. heaven οὐρανὸν (ouranon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. was opened, ἀνεῳχθῆναι (aneōchthēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up. Links Luke 3:21 NIVLuke 3:21 NLT Luke 3:21 ESV Luke 3:21 NASB Luke 3:21 KJV Luke 3:21 BibleApps.com Luke 3:21 Biblia Paralela Luke 3:21 Chinese Bible Luke 3:21 French Bible Luke 3:21 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 3:21 Now it happened when all the people (Luke Lu Lk) |
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