Matthew 3:13-17

13 Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;

14 but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?

15 But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it] now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.

16 And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:

17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.

Footnotes

• [a] Imperfect, 'was so doing:' i.e. the act is presented as being then done, not historically presented as one past fact.
• [b] Aorist tense, 'to be in the state of its having been done:' see ch. 3.8.