![]() ![]() He includes a conversation between John and Jesus: In v. Matthew's account is unique in several respects: He asserts that Jesus left Galilee for the purpose of being baptized by John (πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ). Īfter the baptism, the Synoptic gospels describe the temptation of Jesus, where Jesus withdrew to the Judean desert to fast for forty days and nights. In all three gospels, the Holy Spirit is depicted as descending upon Jesus immediately after his baptism accompanied by a voice from Heaven, but the accounts of Luke and Mark record the voice as addressing Jesus by saying "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased", while in Matthew the voice states "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:13–17 Mark 1:9–11 Luke 3:21–23). Mark, Matthew, and Luke depict the baptism in parallel passages. It is a Trinitarian feast in the Eastern Orthodox Churches. In Roman Catholicism, the baptism of Jesus is one of the Luminous Mysteries sometimes added to the Rosary. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Churches and some other Western denominations, it is recalled on a day within the following week, the feast of the baptism of the Lord. In Eastern Christianity, Jesus' baptism is commemorated on 6 January (the Julian calendar date of which corresponds to 19 January on the Gregorian calendar), the feast of Epiphany. Most Christian denominations view the baptism of Jesus as an important event and a basis for the Christian rite of baptism (see also Acts 19:1–7). The baptism is one of the events in the narrative of the life of Jesus in the canonical Gospels others include the Transfiguration, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension. Along with the crucifixion of Jesus, biblical scholars view it as one of the two historically certain facts about him, and often use it as the starting point for the study of the historical Jesus. ![]() Modern biblical scholars view the baptism of Jesus as a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. It is considered to have taken place at Al-Maghtas (also called Bethany Beyond the Jordan), today located in Jordan. The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is a major event in the life of Jesus which is described in the three synoptic Gospels of the New Testament ( Matthew, Mark and Luke), in which John ritually purified Jesus with water. The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, c.
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