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== Testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus ==

== Testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus ==

Matthew 3:11-17

Matthew 3:11-17

:I indeed baptize you with water unto [[repentance]]: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the [[Holy Spirit|Holy Ghost]], and ''with'' fire: Whose fan ''is'' in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor<ref>"floor". The threshing floor, an open area of ground, usually a large hard surface of hard ground or rock for winnowing grain, to separate the chaff from the wheat. The [[Temple]] of Jerusalem was originally built by Solomon on the threshing floor of Araunah/Ornan the Jebusite, situated atop a large rock plateau near the Kidron Valley. 2 Samuel 24:18-25; 1 Chronicles 21:18-28; 1 Kings 5:1-5.</ref>, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire<ref>This "clearing of the floor and burning of the chaff" (see Psalm 1:4-6) was fulfilled in part by the burning of Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70. See [[Josephus]], ''Antiquities of the Jews'' Book VI.</ref>.

:I indeed baptize you with water unto [[repentance]]: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the [[Holy Spirit|Holy Ghost]], and ''with'' fire: Whose fan ''is'' in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor<ref>"floor". The threshing floor, an open area of ground, usually a large hard surface of hard ground or rock for winnowing grain, to separate the chaff from the wheat. The [[Temple of Jerusalem]] was originally built by Solomon on the threshing floor of Araunah/Ornan the Jebusite, situated atop a large rock plateau near the Kidron Valley. 2 Samuel 24:18-25; 1 Chronicles 21:18-28; 1 Kings 5:1-5.</ref>, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire<ref>This "clearing of the floor and burning of the chaff" (see Psalm 1:4-6) was fulfilled in part by the burning of Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70. See [[Josephus]], ''Antiquities of the Jews'' Book VI.</ref>.

:Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?  

:Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?  

:And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer ''it to be so'' now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

:And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer ''it to be so'' now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.