"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Baptism was a public proclamation of commitment. After the infancy narratives, this is Jesus' first appearance in the Gospel. Jesus' baptism signaled a life-changing decision. If we read the ...

At the baptism of Jesus, though, God reveals what it means to be the Son of God; the Father gives Jesus a special public mission. What is the mission that Jesus receives from his Father?

The Baptism of the Lord reveals Jesus’ Identity at the beginning of his public ministry at age 30, after the “hidden life.” In terms of the Gospels’ interest, with the Baptism of Jesus ...

"Jesus told John that he needed to be baptized to ensure all righteousness, and his baptism is a picture of his death, burial and resurrection. It was out of the Jewish heritage of ritual ...

The new church, one of the largest Catholic churches in the Middle East, commemorates the place where the public ministry of Jesus began. “This place, which is the holy place of the baptism of ...

The baptism of Jesus inaugurates his public ministry as an adult. From Matthew’s infancy narrative we have already learned that Jesus is the Messiah, Son of God, Son of David and King of the Jews.

I thought about the family response to these characters as I studied the Gospel accounts of Jesus' baptism ... Before Jesus had begun any public ministry, he heard the proclamation that he ...

The Christmas Season comes to a close with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord ... to be a private revelation to Jesus; in Matthew it has the air of a public pronouncement).

where tradition holds Jesus was born — and the baptism marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. Since Israel took control of the area in the 1967 Mideast war, pilgrims have had to ...

QASR EL-YAHUD, West Bank-- Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus' traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of land mines left over from ...