VERSE STUDY • KJV

Mark 1:10

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

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And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

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

12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

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