DB1 | The Baptism of Jesus Lk.3.21-22 | NEB Contents | notes| 3 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 21 | DURING A GENERAL BAPTISM of the people, when Jesus too had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened | The Baptism of Jesus Lk.3.21-22 (Bethabara) | Mt.3.13-17 | Mk.1.9-11 | Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἀπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν |
| 22 | and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove; and there came a voice from heaven,'Thou art my Son, my Beloved; Or: Thou art my only Son. on thee my favour rests.' Some witnesses read: My Son art thou; this day I have begotten thee. | καὶ καταβῆναι τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἀγιον σωματικῷ εἰδει ὡς περιστερὰν ἐπ' αὐτόν, καὶ φωνὴν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ γενέσθαι, Σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶ εὐδόκησα. | |