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Luke 3:21
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21 The Baptism of Jesus.[a] After John had baptized all the people, and while Jesus was engaged in prayer after also having been baptized, heaven opened

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  1. Luke 3:21 Jesus here shows himself to be in solidarity with sinners by receiving the bath of repentance. But a unique event also takes place: The Messiah receives his investiture from heaven. The Holy Spirit will be present in him (see Isa 11:2); over him are pronounced the words used in consecrating kings (Ps 2:7), but here they attest that he is the Son of God in a sense hitherto unsuspected (see Lk 1:35).
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