What is the meaning of Matthew 3:13?

Matthew 3:13 KJV
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Matthew 3:13 NKJV
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:13 MKJV
Then Jesus came from Galilee to Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:13 KJV 2000
Then came Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him.

Interlinear KJV

Then /tote/ cometh /paraginomai/ Jesus /Iesous/ from /apo/ Galilee /Galilaia/ to /epi/ Jordan /Iordanes/ unto /pros/ John, /Ioannes/ to be baptized /baptizo/ of /hupo/ him. /autos/

People’s New Testament Commentary

Then cometh Jesus. Not named by Matthew since he was taken to Nazareth in childhood. From Luke, we learn that he was subject to his parents [Lu 2:51], at twelve years of age astonished the doctors in the temple by his wisdom [Lu 2:46,47], and was now thirty years of age [Lu 3:23]. He had worked in Nazareth as a carpenter [Mr 6:3].

Galilee. The northern part of Palestine, containing at this time, according to Josephus, two hundred and forty towns and villages and an immense population.

To be baptized. He came for this purpose. He sought the rite.


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