The central event is the painting’s theme: Jesus is baptized by John in Jordan. But, in the middle upper right, we are taken back to the time before Jesus’ baptism: John is preaching to the crowd.

When Jesus went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, John was confused as well. “I need to be baptized by you,” John told him, “and do you come to me?” (Matthew 3:14).

For many Christians, the baptism site is the third holiest site of Christianity, joining Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where he is believed to ...

Matthew 3:13 describes Jesus coming “to the Jordan to be baptized by John” from the Galilee, in what is now northern Israel.

Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...

Actually if you read in Matt. 4:16-17, you will find out that when John baptized Jesus in the River Jordan, he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove over the head of our Lord Jesus and then a ...

Study the identity of Jesus from Matthew and Luke’s gospel in the Bible, including his birth, baptism, the temptations and the transfiguration.