MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 3:15 fulfill all righteousness. Jesus’ baptism begins his ministry and fulfills God’s saving activity prophesied throughout the OT (see John 1:31). Although he needed no repentance or cleansing, Jesus is baptized to identify with the sinful people he came to save through his substitutionary life and death (compare 2 Corinthians 5:21).

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