Luke 3:21,Luke 3:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 3:21-38

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 Christ. Now here we have, I. A short account of Christ's baptism, which had been more fully related by St. Matthew. Jesus came, to be baptized of John, and he was so, Luke 3:21, 22. 1. It is here said that, when all the people were baptized, then Jesus was baptized: all that were then present. Christ... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 3:21-22

3:21-22 When all the people had been baptized and when Jesus too had been baptized, as he was praying, the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit in bodily form like a dove came down upon him and there was a voice from heaven. "You are my beloved son; in you I am well pleased." The thinkers of the church have always sought an answer to the problem, "Why did Jesus go to John to be baptized?" The baptism of John was a baptism of repentance and it is our conviction that Jesus was without sin.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:21

Now when all the people were baptized ,.... That came from several parts to John for this purpose, even as many as he judged to be proper subjects of that ordinance, as many of the common people, publicans, soldiers, &c.; it came to pass that Jesus also being baptized ; of John in Jordan, he coming from Galilee thither on that account: and praying ; after he was baptized, for the coming down of the Spirit upon him, as man, to anoint, and qualify him for his office he was now... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:21

Jesus - being baptized - See on Matthew 3:16 , Matthew 3:17 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-22

THE BAPTISM OF JOHN . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The baptism of Jesus . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The baptism of Jesus, and the descent of the Holy Ghost. The narrative of the meeting between Jesus and John is given at greater length, and with more completeness of detail, by St. Matthew (see homiletics on Matthew 3:13-17 ). But the account of St. Luke suggests some points of interest. I. THE IDENTIFICATION OF JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE . "When all the people were baptized, Jesus also having been baptized." In this, as in other things, "he is made like to his brethren."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

God's good pleasure in us. There are some preliminary lessons we do well to learn before we approach the main one; e.g. : 1 . That piety will sometimes prompt us to do that which we are under no constraint to do. Jesus was not under any obligation to be baptized with the baptism of repentance. Moreover, he could not be said to be enrolling himself as a disciple of John. But he felt that "it became him" to do what he did ( Matthew 3:15 ); probably his abstention would have been far... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-38

The baptism and genealogy of Jesus. From the general features of the remarkable ministry of the Baptist, summed up as it is for us in the preceding verses, we now pass to the most notable instance of baptism performed by him. This was the baptism of Jesus. We are expressly told that it was when the movement under John had become national, when all the people ( ἅπαντα τὸν λαόν ) had submitted to the rite, with, of course, the Pharisaic exceptions already noticed ( Luke 7:30 ), that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 3:21-38

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 3:21-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:21-38

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