Matthew 3:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ, ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐξομολογούμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And ebaptizonto in the Iordanē, by him exomologoumenoi the hamartias of them.

Grammar Details

• *ebaptizonto*: imperfect passive indicative, 3rd plural - were being baptized
• *Iordanē*: dative, masculine, singular - in Jordan
• *exomologoumenoi*: present middle/passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - confessing
• *hamartias*: accusative, feminine, plural - sins

Word Meanings

• *ebaptizonto*: were being baptized/were baptized/were immersed
• *exomologoumenoi*: confessing/acknowledging openly/admitting
• *hamartias*: sins/transgressions/wrongdoings

Referenced Verses

• Acts 19:18 : 18 Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
• Acts 1:5 : 5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
• Acts 2:38-41 : 38 And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as {G302} the Lord our God shall call unto him. 40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation. 41 They then that {G780} received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:
• Matt 3:13-16 : 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him. 16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
• Mark 1:5 : 5 And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Mark 1:8-9 : 8 I {G3303} baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
• Luke 3:16 : 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
• Luke 15:18-21 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
• John 1:25-28 : 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, 27 [ even] he {G2076} that cometh after me, the {G1096} {G1715} {G3450} latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. 28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
• John 1:31-33 : 31 And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause {G2064} came I baptizing in water. 32 And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.
• John 3:23-25 : 23 And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.
• Lev 16:21 : 21 and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:
• Lev 26:40 : 40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,
• Num 5:7 : 7 then he shall confess his sin which he hath done: and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty.
• Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
• Job 33:27-28 : 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
• Ps 32:5 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {H5542}
• Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Dan 9:4 : 4 And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,
• Acts 10:36-38 : 36 The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all.) — 37 that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 [ even] Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• Acts 11:16 : 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 19:4-5 : 4 And Paul said, John {G3303} baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on {G5547} Jesus. 5 And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
• 1 Cor 10:2 : 2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
• Col 2:12 : 12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein {G1722} ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• Titus 3:5-6 : 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• Heb 9:10 : 10 [None being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) {G2532} carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.