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Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
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Anointed for Ministry
Commentators agree that the descent of the Spirit was Jesus's official anointing for public ministry. This event wasn't just a spectacle; it was the moment God the Father commissioned and empowered the Son through the Holy Spirit for the mission ahead, fulfilling prophecies like Isaiah 61:1.
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19th Century
Anglican
He saw the heavens opened.—Better, as in the margin, rent open, Saint Mark’s language here, as …
Mark seems to suggest that only Jesus saw “heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending,” though he may have been so focusing on Jesus’ experie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And straightway coming up out of the water Not John, as many think; though it was true of him, that he came up out o…
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Presbyterian
Christ's baptism was his first public appearance, after he had long lived unknown. How much hidden worth is there, which in this world is not known…
