Matthew 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

Jesus

Mark 1:10

Lo

Ezekiel 1:1

Luke 3:21

Acts 7:56

And he

General references

Exodus 40:12

Bible References

Jesus

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Lo

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

And he

The Lord's spirit will rest on him -- a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel."

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

General references

"You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.