Matthew 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Suffer

John 13:7

For

General references

John 5:1

Bible References

Suffer

Jesus replied to him, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will [fully] understand it later.”

For

Then I said, “Behold, I come [to the throne];
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and prove to be glorious.

They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.

And He who sent Me is [always] with Me; He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

For I gave you [this as] an example, so that you should do [in turn] as I did to you.

If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man].

It was fitting for us to have such a High Priest [perfectly adapted to our needs], holy, blameless, unstained [by sin], separated from sinners and exalted higher than the heavens;

For [as a believer] you have been called for this purpose, since Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you may follow in His footsteps.

whoever says he lives in Christ [that is, whoever says he has accepted Him as God and Savior] ought [as a moral obligation] to walk and conduct himself just as He walked and conducted Himself.

General references

Later on there was a Jewish feast (festival), and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.