John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 3:15
15 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. Ver. 15. Suffer it to be so now ] Or, let be now: for the Baptist seems to have laid hands upon Christ to keep him off. a Our Saviour assents to that John had said, but yet shows cause why he should suffer it so to be for the present. To fulfil all righteousness ] Not legal only, and of equality, but that of his present condition also, and of equity; to... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 3:15
Matthew 3:15Then he suffered Him.-When the pilot of a ship will not turn his sail to the winds, nor observe how to let a turbulent wave pass by him, he splits his vessel; therefore the conclusion of the point shall be with Solomon, A haughty spirit goes before a fall; and it savours much more of a Christian mildness to be easily drawn off from our own imaginations than to hold a stiff opinion in our teeth, in despite as it were of all wise persuasions. (Hacker.) read more