Matthew 3:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Matthew 3:14 —

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Cross-References

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John 3:3-7
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. …
John 13:6-8
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? …
Acts 1:5-8
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. …
Galatians 4:6
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Galatians 3:27-29
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-17)

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; and he chooses to do it, not at Jerusalem (though it is probable that he went thither at the t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. But John forbade him--rather, “was (in the act of) hindering him,” or “attempting to hinder him.” saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?--(How John came to recognize Him, when he says he knew Him not, see on John 1. 31-34.) The emphasis of this most remarkable speech lies all in the pronouns: “What! Shall the Master come for baptism to the servant--the sinless Savio…