Matthew 3:15 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 3:15

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

KJV

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 15.) Without measure. He spoke beautifully, without measure, to show Christ in water, John to be baptized by Christ in spirit. Or differently, without measure: so that I, who assumed the form of a servant, may fulfill his humility. Otherwise, know that you shall be baptized by me in the day of my judgment. Without measure, says the Lord Jesus, I have another baptism by which I must be baptized. You baptize me in water, so that I may baptize you for me in your blood.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Hilary of Poitiers

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (367)

John rejects Him from baptism as God; He teaches him, that it ought to be performed on Him as man.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Jesus answering, said unto him,.... This is an Hebrew way of speaking, often used in the Old Testament, and answers to ויאמר יען; see Job 3:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness - It becometh every messenger of God to observe all his righteous ordinances. But the particular meaning of our Lord seems to be, that it becometh us to do (me to receive baptism, and you to administer it) in order to fulfil, that is, that I may fully perform every part of the righteous law of God, and the commission he hath given me.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thus it becometh us - It is suitable and proper. And though you may feel yourself unworthy, yet it is proper it should be done. All righteousness - There was no particular precept in the Old Testament requiring this, but he chose to give the sanction of his example to the baptism of John, as to a divine ordinance. The phrase “all righteousness,” here, is the same as a righteous institution or appointment. Jesus had no sin. But he was about to enter on his great work.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀποκριθεὶς	apokritheis	Answering	G611 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	unto	G4314 →
αὐτόν·	auton	him;	G846 →
ἄφες	aphes	do permit [it]	G863 →
ἄρτι·	arti	now;	G737 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
πρέπον	prepon	fitting	G4241 →
ἐστὶν	estin	it is	G1510 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	to us	G3165 →
πληρῶσαι	plērōsai	to fulfill	G4137 →
πᾶσαν	pasan	all	G3956 →
δικαιοσύνην.	dikaiosunēn	righteousness.	G1343 →
τότε	tote	Then	G5119 →
ἀφίησιν	aphiēsin	he permits	G863 →
αὐτόν.¶	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
leads to
- John 14:15
  If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- 1 John 3:21–24
  Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
- 1 John 2:5
  But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
Through
John 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
leads to
- John 6:38
  For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30
  I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Job 23:12
  I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- John 17:4
  I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.