Key Verse Spotlight
Matthew 3:14 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?”
Matthew 3:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Whose fan {is} in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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