...these people are said to have been baptized prior to the baptism of Christ. ' Now when all the people 4 were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also being ' baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, &c.' (LUKE iii. 21.) In MATT. iii. 5, 6, and MARK i. 5, it is expressly said that all the inhabitants...

...floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.* Now when all the people were baptized, it came to...heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.f • Luke iii. 15—17. f Luke iii. 21, 22. Genealogy of Christ. SECTION XII. AND...

...glory was displayed in another way at His baptism, and at His transfiguration. On the former occasion the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended...heaven, which said, Thou art My beloved Son ; in Thee I am well pleased.50 On the latter occasion, He was transfigured before three of His disciples ; the...

...office at the time of his baptism, was visibly attested and confirmed by this same divine Agent: " The Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a...heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased." m ' Further, it was " by the Spirit that he was led into the wilderness to be tempted...

...confirmed by this same * Isa. xi. 2, 3; t Luke iv. 18, 19, with Isa. lxi. 1, 2. divine Agent : " Tlie Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove...heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased."* Further, it was " by the Spirit that he was led into the wilderness to be tempted...

...4. (J) Matt. c. 3. v. 5 and 6. (m) Luke, c. 3. v. 15. BB And immediately after the baptism of Jetms, "the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended...upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, this it my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: and Jesus himself began to be about thirty years...

...Christ. All Christians are his subjects, and he is their King. C From the 3d Chapter of Saint Luke. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to...baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost1 descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said,...

...read, that GOD ever began to be about thirty years of age. — I do not believe it. XIV. I read, " Jesus, also, being baptized, and praying, the heaven...descended in a bodily shape, like a dove, upon him." (Luke iii. 21, 22.) — I believe it. I do not read that GOD was ever baptized, or prayed; or that...

...Herod sticks not to cut off that head, whose tongue was so bold as to reprove him for his lusts. 21 Observe, 1 . The great condescension of Christ in seeking and submitting to the baptism of John. Christ,...

...heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. Ezek. i. 1. When all the people were baptized (by John), Lu. iii. 21. But he (Stephen) being full of the Holy Ghost, said, Behold, 1 see the heavens opened,...