“And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.”
Mark 1:9 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Mark 1:9
Mark the Evangelist, like a hart, longing after the fountains of water, leaps forward over places, smooth and steep; and, as a bee laden with honey, he sips the tops of the flowers.
He was baptized, that by being baptized Himself He might shew His approval of John’s baptism [ed. note: vol i, pl 109, note h], and that, by sanctifying the waters of Jordan through the descent of the dove, He might shew the coming of the Holy Ghost in the laver of believers.
Wherefore Matthew relates that the voice said, 'This is my beloved Son;' for he wished to shew that the words, 'This is My Son,' were in fact said, that thus the persons who heard it might know that He, and not another, was the Son of God.