What did god said when Jesus was baptized?

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God sent His servant John the Baptist to baptize His Son so that John could help prepare the way for Salvation. John the Baptist laid his hands on Jesus in the Jordan River. It was one Man's righteous act, which took away ALL the sins of humankind. Jesus took away ALL the sins of this world by being baptized. Jesus gave His life on the Cross for the wages of sin. He paid the wages of sin with His death on the Cross. Our sins were passed onto Jesus at his baptism and he was judged and executed on the cross instead of us for those sins. If Jesus Christ had not been baptized by John the Baptist, we could not but remain as sinners and be lost.

In the Old Testament God commanded Moses to ordain his brother, Aaron, the first High Priest, to lay hands on the head of a sacrificial animal (goat), and confess the horrific sins of the children of Israel and their transgressions. (Isaiah 53:3-5) Afterward the goat would bear and carry the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites upon itself and send it away by a suitable man who was to release the goat into the wilderness. (Leviticus 16:21-22) John the Baptist laid his hands on Jesus' head in the same like manner shortly before His public ministry. In order for Jesus to take away ALL the sins and transgressions of the world, He was willing and humbled to be baptized by John in this manner.

(John 1:29) "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."

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Mt:3:17: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Mk:1:11: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

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According to scriptures, as Jesus was being baptized, a dove, for the Holy Spirit, came down, and a voice was heard, saying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." (Is this factually accurate? Well, we don't really know.)

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Matthew 3:16-17  New International Version (NIV) 16  As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17  And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

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On two occasions, the voice of God from heaven called Jesus his beloved son. In Mark 1:11, after Jesus was baptised, the voice was heard to say, "Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." In Mark 9:7, after the Transfiguration of Jesus, the voice was heard to say, "This is my beloved son, hear him."

Although apparently quite separate events, the two occasions are actually intimately linked through the parallel structure of Mark's Gospel, where they were first reported. A parallel structure is a literary sequence in which an opening set of events is contrasted with another, parallel set of events that mirrors the first, and was used in ancient times to provide emphasis and to reinforce a message. Because the structure was a literary device used for emphasis, we can never be sure whether the voice of God was really heard from heaven on one or both occasions.

The major events in the parallel structure of Mark follow, with the voice of God from heaven in events C and C':A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

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"This is my beloved son In whom I am well pleased. "

These words are repeated by God at the Transfiguration, to which the baptism is linked through the framework, parallel structure of Mark's Gospel, where the two accounts first appeared. Parallel structures are literary sequences in which an opening set of events is contrasted with another, parallel set of events that mirrors the first, and were frequently used in ancient times to provide emphasis or to develop themes that were not otherwise apparent. In this structure, the baptism, the voice of God from heaven and the forty days in the wilderness (events B, C and D) are all linked to the Transfiguration, in which the disciples saw Jesus talking to Elijah and Moses (events B', C' and D'):
A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)