Mateo 3:15

15 —Hagámoslo como te digo, pues nos conviene cumplir con lo que es justo —le contestó Jesús.Entonces Juan consintió.

Mateo 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 3:15

And Jesus answering, said unto him
This is an Hebrew way of speaking, often used in the Old Testament, and answers to (rmayw) (Ney) ; see ( Job 3:1 ) . He replied to John, who had made use of very forbidding words, after this manner,

suffer it to be so now;
let me have my request; do not go on to object, but comply with my desire; let it be done now, immediately, directly, at this present time; do not put me off with any excuse; it is a proper season for it, even "now", since the time is not yet come that I am to baptize with the Holy Ghost; and besides, thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. It became John to administer the ordinance of baptism to Christ, as he was his forerunner, and the only administrator of it, and that he might fulfil the ministry which he had received; and as it became Christ to fulfil all righteousness, moral and ceremonial, and baptism being a part of his Father's will, which he came to do, it became him to fulfil this also. And since it became Christ, it cannot be unbecoming us to submit to this ordinance; and since he looked upon it as a part of righteousness to be fulfilled by him, it ought to be attended to by all those who would be accounted followers of him. Christ having strongly urged the conveniency and equity of the administration of baptism to him, which showed his eager desire after it, and the lowliness of his mind; and John being convinced, and overcome by the force of his reasoning, agrees to his baptism;

then he suffered him,
i.e. to be baptized in water by him, as he had requested, and accordingly did administer it to him.

Mateo 3:15 In-Context

13 Un día Jesús fue de Galilea al Jordán para que Juan lo bautizara.

14 Pero Juan trató de disuadirlo.—Yo soy el que necesita ser bautizado por ti, ¿y tú vienes a mí? —objetó.

15 —Hagámoslo como te digo, pues nos conviene cumplir con lo que es justo —le contestó Jesús.Entonces Juan consintió.

16 Tan pronto como Jesús fue bautizado, subió del agua. En ese momento se abrió el cielo, y él vio al Espíritu de Dios bajar como una paloma y posarse sobre él.

17 Y una voz del cielo decía: «Este es mi Hijo amado; estoy muy complacido con él».