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135:8.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] had just begun [[baptizing]] the [[candidates]] for the day. Scores of repentants were standing in line awaiting their turn when [[Jesus]] and his two [[brothers]] took up their positions in this line of earnest [[men]] and [[women]] who had become believers in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s preaching of the coming kingdom. John had been [[inquiring]] about [[Jesus]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s sons. He had heard of [[Jesus]]' remarks concerning his preaching, and he was day by day [[expecting]] to see him arrive on the scene, but he had not expected to greet him in the line of [[baptism]]al [[candidates]].

135:8.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] had just begun [[baptizing]] the [[candidates]] for the day. Scores of repentants were standing in line awaiting their turn when [[Jesus]] and his two [[brothers]] took up their positions in this line of earnest [[men]] and [[women]] who had become believers in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s preaching of the coming kingdom. John had been [[inquiring]] about [[Jesus]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s sons. He had heard of [[Jesus]]' remarks concerning his preaching, and he was day by day [[expecting]] to see him arrive on the scene, but he had not expected to greet him in the line of [[baptism]]al [[candidates]].

135:8.5 Being engrossed with the details of rapidly [[baptizing]] such a large number of [[converts]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] did not look up to see [[Jesus]] until the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] stood in his [[immediate]] [[presence]]. When John [[recognized]] [[Jesus]], the [[ceremonies]] were halted for a [[moment]] while he greeted his cousin in the [[flesh]] and asked, " But why do you come down into the water to greet me? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_3] And [[Jesus]] answered, " To be subject to your [[baptism]]. " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] replied: " But I have need to be baptized by you. Why do you come to me? "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist] And [[Jesus]] whispered to John: " Bear with me now, for it becomes us to set this example for my [[brothers]] standing here with me, and that the people may know that my hour has come. "

135:8.5 Being engrossed with the details of rapidly [[baptizing]] such a large number of [[converts]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] did not look up to see [[Jesus]] until the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] stood in his [[immediate]] [[presence]]. When John [[recognized]] [[Jesus]], the [[ceremonies]] were halted for a [[moment]] while he greeted his cousin in the [[flesh]] and asked, " But why do you come down into the water to greet me? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_3] And [[Jesus]] answered, " To be subject to your [[baptism]]. " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] replied: " But I have need to be baptized by you. Why do you come to me? "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist] And [[Jesus]] whispered to John: " Bear with me now, for it becomes us to set this example for my [[brothers]] standing here with me, and that the people may know that my hour has come. "

135:8.6 There was a tone of [[finality]] and [[authority]] in [[Jesus]]' [[voice]]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was atremble with [[emotion]] as he made ready to [[baptize]] [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] at noon on Monday, January [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_AD 14, A.D]. Thus did [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] [[baptize]] [[Jesus]] and his two brothers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude Jude]. And when John had baptized these [[three]], he dismissed the others for the day, announcing that he would resume [[baptism]]s at noon the next day. As the people were departing, the four men still standing in the [[water]] heard a [[strange]] [[sound]], and presently there appeared for a [[moment]] an [[apparition]] [[immediately]] over the head of [[Jesus]], and they heard a [[voice]] saying, " This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_1] A great [[change]] came over the countenance of [[Jesus]], and coming up out of the [[water]] in [[silence]] he took leave of them, going toward the hills to the east. And no man saw [[Jesus]] again for forty days.

135:8.6 There was a tone of [[finality]] and [[authority]] in [[Jesus]]' [[voice]]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was atremble with [[emotion]] as he made ready to [[baptize]] [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] at noon on Monday, January [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_AD 14, A.D]. Thus did [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] [[baptize]] [[Jesus]] and his two brothers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude Jude]. And when John had baptized these [[three]], he dismissed the others for the day, announcing that he would resume [[baptism]]s at noon the next day. As the people were departing, the four men still standing in the [[water]] heard a [[strange]] [[sound]], and presently there appeared for a [[moment]] an [[apparition]] [[immediately]] over the head of [[Jesus]], and they heard a [[voice]] saying, " This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_1] A great [[change]] came over the countenance of [[Jesus]], and coming up out of the [[water]] in [[silence]] he took leave of them, going toward the hills to the east. And no man saw [[Jesus]] again for forty days.

135:8.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] followed [[Jesus]] a sufficient distance to tell him the [[story]] of [[Gabriel]]' s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:2._GABRIEL_APPEARS_TO_ELIZABETH visit to his mother] ere either had been [[born]], as he had heard it so many times from his [[mother]]'s lips. He allowed [[Jesus]] to continue on his way after he had said, " Now I know of a [[certainty]] that you are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Deliverer]. " But [[Jesus]] made no reply.

135:8.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] followed [[Jesus]] a sufficient distance to tell him the [[story]] of [[Gabriel]]' s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:2._GABRIEL_APPEARS_TO_ELIZABETH visit to his mother] ere either had been [[born]], as he had heard it so many times from his [[mother]]'s lips. He allowed [[Jesus]] to continue on his way after he had said, " Now I know of a [[certainty]] that you are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Deliverer]. " But [[Jesus]] made no reply.

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[[Category:Paper 135 - John the Baptist]]

[[Category:Paper 135 - John the Baptist]]

[[Category: Angelic Contact]]

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