“John rejects Him from baptism as God; He teaches him, that it ought to be performed on Him as man.”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
— Matthew 3:14 —
15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: