Matthew 3:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

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  • Mark 1:10 : 10 and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'
  • John 1:31-34 : 31 and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. 32 And John testified, saying -- `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; 33 and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit; 34 and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'
  • Isa 11:2 : 2 Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
  • Acts 7:56 : 56 and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'
  • Col 1:18-19 : 18 And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all `things' -- himself -- first, 19 because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth `month', in the fifth of the month, and I `am' in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.
  • John 3:34 : 34 for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 And I -- this `is' My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that `is' on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 1:8-12
    5 verses
    93%

    8I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

    10and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

    11and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

    12And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,

  • Luke 3:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

    21And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

    22and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

  • John 1:31-34
    4 verses
    85%

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

    32And John testified, saying -- `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

    33and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

    34and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

  • Matt 3:17
    84%

    17and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

  • Matt 3:13-15
    3 verses
    82%

    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

    14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

    15But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;

    23and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

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

    17for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: `This is My Son -- the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;'

    18and this voice we -- we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.

  • Luke 3:16
    74%

    16John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

    2and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Matt 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

    6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

  • Acts 1:5
    73%

    5because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'

  • Luke 4:1
    73%

    1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

  • Matt 17:5
    73%

    5While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:3
    72%

    3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

  • John 3:26
    72%

    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • Acts 11:16
    71%

    16and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

  • Matt 4:1
    71%

    1Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

  • John 1:28
    71%

    28These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

  • Matt 3:11
    71%

    11`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

  • Acts 2:3
    71%

    3and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

  • John 3:5
    70%

    5Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

  • Mark 9:7
    70%

    7And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, hear ye him;'

  • 1 John 5:6
    70%

    6This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

  • Matt 28:19
    70%

    19having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Matt 17:3
    69%

    3and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

  • Matt 14:29
    69%

    29and he said, `Come;' and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus,

  • John 4:2
    69%

    2(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

  • Acts 19:3
    69%

    3and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

  • John 1:6
    69%

    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

  • Luke 2:27
    69%

    27And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

  • Mark 9:2
    69%

    2And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

  • John 3:34
    69%

    34for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;