Matthew 3:14
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?”
λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
χρεία
need
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χρεία
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
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Ἰωάννης
John
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Ἰωάννης
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
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διακωλύω
was hindering
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διακωλύω
to hinder altogether, i.e. utterly prohibit
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