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The Baptism of Jesus

21 One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 Some manuscripts read my Son, and today I have become your Father.

21 Now de when en · ho all hapas the ho people laos had been baptized baptizō, and kai when Jesus Iēsous was baptized baptizō and kai was praying proseuchomai, the ho heavens ouranos were opened anoigō, 22 and kai the ho Holy hagios Spirit pneuma descended katabainō · ho on epi him autos in bodily sōmatikos form eidos, like hōs a dove peristera; and kai a voice phōnē came ginomai from ek heaven ouranos, “ You sy are eimi · ho my egō Son hyios, the ho Beloved agapētos; with en you sy I am well pleased eudokeō.”

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