Matthew 3:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

📖 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 And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.
• Acts 1:5 : 5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
• Acts 2:38-41 : 38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you. 39 For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God. 40 And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation. 41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
• Matt 3:13-16 : 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him. 14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me? 15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism. 16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
• Mark 1:5 : 5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.
• Mark 1:8-9 : 8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit. 9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.
• Luke 3:16 : 16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
• Luke 15:18-21 : 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. 20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss. 21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
• John 1:25-28 : 25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet? 26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge; 27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes. 28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
• John 1:31-33 : 31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel. 32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him. 33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.
• John 3:23-25 : 23 Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism. 24 For at this time John had not been put into prison. 25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.
• Lev 16:21 : 21 And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land.
• Lev 26:40 : 40 And they will have grief for their sins and for the sins of their fathers, when their hearts were untrue to me, and they went against me;
• Num 5:7 : 7 Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.
• Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
• Job 33:27-28 : 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin. 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
• Ps 32:5 : 5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
• Prov 28:13 : 13 He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
• Dan 9:4 : 4 And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
• Acts 10:36-38 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)-- 37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher, 38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.
• Acts 11:16 : 16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 19:4-5 : 4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus. 5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
• 1 Cor 10:2 : 2 And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
• Col 2:12 : 12 Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.
• Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Heb 6:2 : 2 The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.
• Heb 9:10 : 10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
• Jas 5:16 : 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.