Chapter 3 is the meeting of John the baptist and the baptism of Jesus.
John the Baptist lived in the desert of Judea. This is a 20 mile stretch of land that included the Qumran community. This is the community that wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls that we still have today! It is believed that the Scrolls were written around the time that Jesus walked on the earth!
Notice too that John had a pretty sweet fashion and diet. He was recognized as the first Prophet of a period of silence between the Old and New Testaments.
John says that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit. We live in a "better" time than did John the Baptist and those before him because Jesus brought us the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Now on to the temptation of Jesus...
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Why do you think John baptized if the Holy Spirit had not come yet?
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