21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when (A)Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, (B)the heavens were opened, 22 and (C)the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and (D)a voice came from heaven, (E)“You are my beloved Son;[a] with you I am well pleased.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:22 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
  2. Luke 3:22 Some manuscripts beloved Son; today I have begotten you

The Baptism of Jesus

21 Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while he[a] was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:21 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was praying”)