Matthew 3:14 — King James Version← Study notes
“But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?”
Matthew 3:14 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 3:1417 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Matthew 3:14
Christ having been proclaimed to the world by the preaching of His forerunner, now after long obscurity will manifest Himself to men.
In this verse is contained person, place, time, and office. Time, in the word, 'Then.'
That is, when He was thirty years old, shewing that none should be ordained priest, or even to preach till He be of full age. Joseph at thirty years was made governor of Egypt; David began to reign, and Ezekiel his prophesying at the same age.
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