Matthew 3:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Iesus when hee was baptized, came straight out of the water; lo, the heaues were opened vnto him, & Iohn saw the Spirit of God descending like a doue, and lighting vpon him.

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  • Mark 1:10 : 10 And assoone as he was come out of the water, Iohn saw the heauens clouen in twaine, and the holy Ghost descending vpo him like a doue.
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened: 22 And the holy Ghost came downe in a bodily shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am well pleased.
  • John 1:31-34 : 31 And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water. 32 So Iohn bare recorde, saying, I behelde that Spirit come downe from heauen, like a doue, and it abode vpon him, 33 And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost. 34 And I sawe, and bare record that this is that Sonne of God.
  • Isa 11:2 : 2 And the Spirite of the Lord shall rest vpon him: the Spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding, the Spirite of counsell and strength, the Spirite of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord,
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Beholde, my seruaunt: I will stay vpon him: mine elect, in whom my soule deliteth: I haue put my Spirit vpo him: he shal bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 7:56 : 56 And said, Beholde, I see the heauens open, and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of God.
  • Col 1:18-19 : 18 And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lorde God is vpon mee, therefore hath the Lorde anoynted mee: hee hath sent mee to preache good tidings vnto the poore, to binde vp the broken hearted, to preach libertie to the captiues, and to them that are bound, the opening of the prison,
  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 It came to passe in the thirtieth yere in the fourth moneth, and in the fift day of the moneth (as I was among the captiues by the riuer Chebar) that the heauens were opened and I sawe visions of GOD.
  • John 3:34 : 34 For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 And I will make this my couenant with them, saith the Lorde. My Spirit that is vpon thee, and my wordes, which I haue put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seede, nor out of the mouth of the seede of thy seede, saith the Lord, from hencefoorth euen for euer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 1:8-12
    5 verses
    93%

    8 Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

    9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazareth, a citie of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

    10 And assoone as he was come out of the water, Iohn saw the heauens clouen in twaine, and the holy Ghost descending vpo him like a doue.

    11 Then there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased.

    12 And immediatly the Spirite driueth him into the wildernesse.

  • Luke 3:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

    21 Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:

    22 And the holy Ghost came downe in a bodily shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am well pleased.

  • John 1:31-34
    4 verses
    85%

    31 And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

    32 So Iohn bare recorde, saying, I behelde that Spirit come downe from heauen, like a doue, and it abode vpon him,

    33 And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.

    34 And I sawe, and bare record that this is that Sonne of God.

  • Matt 3:17
    84%

    17 And loe, a voyce came from heauen, saying, This is my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased.

  • Matt 3:13-15
    3 verses
    82%

    13 Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him.

    14 But Iohn earnestly put him backe, saying, I haue neede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?

    15 Then Iesus answering, saide to him, Let be nowe: for thus it becommeth vs to fulfill all righteousnes. So he suffered him.

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22 After these things, came Iesus & his disciples into the lande of Iudea, and there taried with them, and baptized.

    23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • 2 Pet 1:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 For he receiued of God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voyce to him from that excellent glory, This is my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased.

    18 And this voyce we heard when it came from heauen, being with him in the Holy mount.

  • Luke 3:16
    74%

    16 Iohn answered, and saide to them all, In deede I baptize you with water, but one stronger then I, commeth, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 And in those dayes, Iohn the Baptist came and preached in the wildernes of Iudea,

    2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.

    3 For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his pathes straight.

  • Matt 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Then went out to him Ierusalem and all Iudea, and all the region rounde about Iordan.

    6 And they were baptized of him in Iordan, confessing their sinnes.

  • Acts 1:5
    73%

    5 For Iohn in deede baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these fewe daies.

  • Luke 4:1
    73%

    1 And Iesus full of the holy Ghost returned from Iordan, and was led by that Spirit into the wildernes,

  • Matt 17:5
    73%

    5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

    4 Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of amendement of life, for remission of sinnes.

    5 And al ye countrey of Iudea, & they of Hierusalem went out vnto him, and were all baptized of him in the riuer Iordan, confessing their sinnes.

  • Luke 3:3
    72%

    3 And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,

  • John 3:26
    72%

    26 And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  • Acts 11:16
    71%

    16 Then I remembred the word of the Lord, howe he said, Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy Ghost.

  • Matt 4:1
    71%

    1 Then was Iesus led aside of the Spirit into the wildernes, to be tempted of the deuil.

  • John 1:28
    71%

    28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan, where Iohn did baptize.

  • Matt 3:11
    71%

    11 In deede I baptize you with water to amendement of life, but he that commeth after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthie to beare: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

  • Acts 2:3
    71%

    3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, like fire, and it sate vpon eche of them.

  • John 3:5
    70%

    5 Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirite, hee can not enter into the kingdome of God.

  • Mark 9:7
    70%

    7 And there was a cloude that shadowed them, and a voyce came out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued Sonne: heare him.

  • 1 John 5:6
    70%

    6 This is that Iesus Christ that came by water and blood: not by water onely, but by water and blood: and it is that Spirit, that beareth witnesse: for that Spirit is trueth.

  • Matt 28:19
    70%

    19 Go therefore, & teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost,

  • Matt 17:3
    69%

    3 And beholde, there appeared vnto them Moses, and Elias, talking with him.

  • Matt 14:29
    69%

    29 And he saide, Come; when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to goe to Iesus.

  • John 4:2
    69%

    2 (Though Iesus himselfe baptized not: but his disciples)

  • Acts 19:3
    69%

    3 And he said vnto them, Vnto what were ye then baptized? And they saide, Vnto Iohns baptisme.

  • John 1:6
    69%

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.

  • Luke 2:27
    69%

    27 And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,

  • Mark 9:2
    69%

    2 And sixe dayes after, Iesus taketh vnto him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and carieth them vp into an hie mountaine out of the way alone, and his shape was changed before them.

  • John 3:34
    69%

    34 For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.