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Matthew 3:16-17
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 3:16-17
Lexham English Bible
16 Now after he[a] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened[b] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming[c] upon him. 17 And behold, there was[d] a voice from heaven saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
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- Matthew 3:16 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was baptized”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 3:16 Some manuscripts have “opened to him”
- Matthew 3:16 Some manuscripts have “and coming”
- Matthew 3:17 The words “there was” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to make a complete sentence in English
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