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Matthew 3:13-14

The Baptism of Jesus

3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.¹ 3:14 But John² tried to prevent³ him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

¹tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

²tc ‡ The earliest mss (א* B sa) lack the name of John here (“but he tried to prevent him,” instead of “but John tried to prevent him”). It is, however, clearly implied (and is thus supplied in translation). Although the longer reading has excellent support (Ì⁹⁶ א¹ C D^s L W 0233 0250 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat[t] sy mae bo), it looks to be a motivated and predictable reading: Scribes apparently could not resist adding this clarification.

³tn The imperfect verb has been translated conatively.

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