King James Version
Luke 3:21 in the King James Version says “Now when all the people were baptized , it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was ope...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Now when all the people were baptized , it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,”
Luke 3:21 · KJV
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Now when all the people were baptized , it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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“it came to pass”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“being baptized”
G907to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet); used only (in the new testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordi
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“that Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“being baptized”
G907to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet); used only (in the new testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordi
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the heaven”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
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