instead of that which others who were baptized, being sinners, confessed concerning their sins. Such a speech suited none save the Messiah Himself. In matters even the most humble, the Son of God watches over the right of His own majesty. See John xiii. 7, seqq., xiv. 30, xviii. 5, xx. 36. — TOTS, then) sc. forth with.
16. 'Ai>l/3jj ei&us, went up immediately} There was nothing to detain Him longer. Thus also He rose immediately from the dead. — idov, x.r.x., lo, etc.) A novel and great occurrence. — Ai/rw, to Him} This implies far more than if the Evangelist had said " above Him" — oi ovpmoi, the heavens} in the plural number.
16, 17. Ka/, X.T.X., and) etc.) A most glorious manifestation of the Holy Trinity, and a proof of what occurs when we are baptized, since Christ was not baptized for Himself. And He received the Holy Spirit to baptize us with. See John i. 33. — ueti wtpiffrtpav, like a dove) See Gen. viii. 10, 11.
17. touvfy X.T.X., a voice, etc.) A most open manifestation of God, such as those recorded in Acts ii. 2, 3 ; Exod. xix. 4, 9, 16, xl. 34, 35 ; Num. xvi. 31, 42 ; 1 Kings viii. 10, 11, xviii. 38. — ovr6f effnv, This is) St Mark and St Luke record that it was said, " 2i> £/"," " Thou art." St Matthew has expressed the mean ing. The words, " euro's — «u<5ox»j(ra," occur again in xvii. 5. Faith assents, declaring, " Thou art the Son of God," as in xvi. 16. — 6, the} The article introduced twice has great emphasis. — Tibs, Son) See John i. 18, and iii. 16. — ayavrqrbs, beloved} This might appear to be a proper name (cf. ch. xii. 18), so as to pro duce these two predications: (1.) This is My Son; (2.) He is the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased. It is clear, however, from Luke iii. 22, that Beloved is an epithet. Love is something natural, because This is the Son ; good-pleasure, something, as it were, additional, because He does the things which please the Father. He is the Beloved, the only one ; He shares not the Father's love with another. — If w, in whom} The preposition ev, in, indicates especially the object, and then also the cause of the Father's good-pleasure. The Son is of Himself the object of the Father's good-pleasure, and in the Son, all persons and all things. A phrase of the LXX. ; cf. Gnomon on Col. ii. 18. — ei/<3o?c»]<ra, / am well pleased} The verb euSoxw, to be well pleased, and the noun