Now when all the people were baptized , it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
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Gill's Exposition
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape,.... In a corporeal form, in a visible manner, and was seen with bodily eyes, at least by John the administrator; to whom this was a signal of his being…
See the notes at Mat 3:13-17. “Jesus being baptized;” or, Jesus “having been” baptized. This took place after the baptism, and not “during” its administration, Mat 3:16. Praying - This circumstance is…
Adam Clarke
Jesus - being baptized - See on Mat 3:16, Mat 3:17 (note).
The evangelist mentioned John's imprisonment before Christ's being baptized, though it was nearly a year after it, because he would finish the story of John's ministry, and then introduce that of…
The Baptism of Jesus. The Genealogy
21. Now when all the people were baptized The expression (which is peculiar to St Luke) seems to imply that on this day Jesus was baptized last; and from the…
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