Gospel of Matthew Chapter 3 Vs. 13

 The Baptism of Jesus

Matthew 3:13 “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.”

In this Scripture above, it seems important to know that Jesus had been living in Galilee, of which the little town of Nazareth was a part. He sought John out specifically to baptize Him, probably to show His association with John.

They were cousins in the flesh, and also John would recognize Him. John would be able to see with his own eyes the One he had been proclaiming.

Presentation through approval

By Baptism (Mat. 3:13-17)
(Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22)

After years of silence in Nazareth, Jesus appeared among those listening to John’s preaching and presented Himself as a candidate for baptism.

In contrast with “all the people” from Judea and Jerusalem (Mark 1:5), He came to John in the desert region from Nazareth in Galilee. Nazareth was an obscure village never mentioned in the Old Testament, the Talmud, or the writings of Josephus, the well-known first-century Jewish historian. Galilee, about 30 miles wide and 60 miles long, was the populous northernmost region of the three divisions of Palestine: Judea, Samaria, and Galilee.