Matthew 3:15 WEB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:11-17

The Coming One (3:11-17). John’s large-scale ministry having been established in these few verses, Matthew now turns his attention to Jesus. We do not know how long John had been preaching before this incident now described occurred, but that he had a widespread and effective ministry, possibly over a number of years, Josephus also testifies. What we do know from external sources is that his ministry was so effective and so far reaching that disciples of John were found around the world for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:15

‘But Jesus answering said to him, “Allow it now, for thus it becomes us to fulfil all righteousness (or ‘do fully what is right’ or ‘advance the way of righteousness to the full’).” Then he allows him.’ But Jesus then set about persuading John. He clearly knew how baptising Him would make John feel, but He asked him to allow it. By this He was emphasising how important He saw His being baptised to be. It was not just to be a matter of doing what others did. It was to have a deeper significance.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:13-17

Matthew 3:13-Esther : . The Baptism of Jesus ( Mark 1:9-1 Kings : *, Luke 3:21 f.). Matthew 3:14 f. (Mt. only) meets the objection to the acceptance by a sinless Jesus of a baptism connected with repentance (p. 661). Jesus maintains (“ suffer it now” ) that a temporary necessity must be acknowledged. Until the new revelation is ready, all righteousness, i.e. Divine ordinances, must be duly observed. For John’ s sense of unworthiness cf. Luke 5:8 (Peter). The message of the voice (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:15

Jesus said unto him, Suffer it to be so now. The question is not whether thou or I be more excellent. It is thy duty to baptize, for my Father hath sent thee to baptize. It is my pleasure and duty to be obedient to my Father, whose will I know, though it be hidden from thee. Baptism is a new law of the gospel church, of which though I be the Head, yet I must be conformed to the members of it, concerning which my Father’s will is, that they should be baptized with water, as well as with the Holy... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 3:13-17

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 3:13. Jesus … baptised.—He received the rite as ratifying the mission of the great forerunner, and He also received it as the beautiful symbol of moral purification, and the humble inauguration of a ministry which came not to destroy the law but to fulfil (Farrar).Matthew 3:14. Forbad, διεκώλυεν is emphatic, and implies that John interposed strenuously to hinder Him. The Baptist’s words imply that he had some definite knowledge of the character of Jesus. John 1:33 seems to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:15

Matthew 3:15 I. We see from the text how faithfully Jesus observed the forms and duties of religion. Nothing invests the ordinary means of grace with such importance as to see our Lord, like one of ourselves, observing them. He was independent of all means, and stood in no need of such aids. Yet, able to walk without these crutches, He stoops to our condition, that He may teach us, by His own example, the devout, diligent use of all the means of grace. (1) He prayed. (2) He punctually attended... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 3:15

DISCOURSE: 1285FULFILLING ALL RIGHTEOUSNESSMatthew 3:15. Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.TO consult, in difficult circumstances, the judgment of wise and good men, is doubtless very advisable: but to place implicit confidence in any is not expedient; since even the best of men may err. We have a very remarkable instance of the fallacy of human judgment, in the case of the Apostle Peter; who would have dissuaded the Lord Jesus from subjecting himself to those sufferings which... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 3:15

Suffer it to be so Why one who needed no repentance should insist upon receiving a rite which signified confession (Matthew 3:6) and repentance (Matthew 3:11) is nowhere directly explained. It may be suggested: (1) That Jesus was now to receive His anointing with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:16) unto His threefold office of Prophet, Priest, and King. In the Levitical order Exodus 29:4-7 the high priest was first washed, then anointed. While Christ's priestly work did not begin till He "offered... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:1-17

Chapter ThreeIn those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea ( Matthew 3:1 ).Now we have the silent years of Christ. We are jumping now from the return to Nazareth to the beginning of His public ministry. There are some twenty-eight to twenty-nine years that nothing is recorded. Now in the Apocrypha, there are books in the Apocrypha that report to have the stories of the early life and the boyhood of Jesus: the healing of little birds with broken wings and fanciful... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 3:1-17

Matthew 3:1 . In those days came John the Baptist. When the time of the seventy weeks was fulfilled, when the sceptre was departed from Judah, and when all the east, according to Suetonius, expected one to arise in Judea who should be the ruler of all things. It was when Tiberius entered the fifteenth year of his reign, that the preacher of the desert opened his commission. Preaching in the wilderness of Judea. John had a special revelation from heaven, of all the particulars of his... read more