It is only in Matthew's Gospel that John is reluctant to baptise Jesus, saying to him (KJV), "I have need to be baptised of thee, and comest thou to me?"
John's Gospel provides quite the opposite account, with John welcoming Jesus and saying that he had known Jesus would be coming to be baptised (John 1:33), "And I knew him not:but that he sent me to baptise with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Spirit."
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The baptism that John performed was a baptism that symbolized repentance, and John knew that Jesus was the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29) the one who would take away the sin of the world and felt this was not the right baptism for Jesus. John said, "I need to be baptized by You, and You are coming to me? "But Jesus answered and said to him "permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness" (Matthew 3:13-15).
I think because he wanted to be baptized first.
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Because John recognized that Jesus was the Son of God.
well he did not baptise anyone because his mother said that Judas wanted him to baptise him and if Jesus baptised him he would betray God.
In Matthew 3:13-15, we are told that John the Baptist did not want to baptize Jesus, but was persuaded by Jesus to baptize Him to "fulfill all righteousness".
Because he wasn't ordained to do so. John the Baptist was "ordained by an angel".
Jesus has bigger fish to fry, and not just fishing. His mission was different.
He didn't feel like he was worthy
john is the only one who can baptize at that time so jesus chose him to baptize him
No; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the River Jordan.
So, that he could anoint Jesus for His Ministry.
He baptized into water, but the one coming after him (Jesus) would baptize into the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ. God sent John the Baptist to baptize. God gave him the authority to baptize and he baptized Jesus. The "Baptist" denomination is the only denomination mentioned in The Bible. The Baptist church originated with Jesus Christ in the land of Israel.
Qasr al-Yahud located on the Jordan River.
He felt unworthy standing near the Messiah. John understood exactly who Jesus was and what His mission on earth was to be.
Because it was By St. John's Baptism that Our Lord was Anointed as the Messiah.
Jesus asks John to baptize him, but John says that Jesus should baptize him instead, but Jesus told him to because Jesus will carry the sins of all the world and will give new life to all the humanity, and when Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came over Him in a shape of a dove and a sound from Heaven saying that Jesus is the beloved son of GOD...(Mathiew 3:13-17)
john was only a human, so he could only bless you with mortal things. but Jesus, however, can bless you with immortal things.
we call him that because he was the first to legitimately baptize, and because he baptized Jesus
All Christian Churches baptize in the name of Jesus.