6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
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And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. …
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? …
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)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 (Matt. 3:1), or, after those days , long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy. In those days , in the time appointed of the Father for the beginning of the gospel, when the fulness of time…
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