Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 3:13

13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.

Christ who now was about thirty years of Age, Luk. 3.23. cometh from Nazareth a City in Galilee where Ioseph lived, Luk. 2.4. and whither he went with Ioseph and Mary, Luk. 2.39. and again after he had Disputed with the Doctors at twelve years of Age, Luk. 2.46. cometh from thence to Iordan the great River, where Iohn was b[illegible: 1 letter]ptizing Disciples, offering himself to be Baptized of him. He shewed his Humility by going to him, and also made the Action publick. If any ask to what end Christ, who had no sin was Baptized, himself gives us an Account, v. 1.5. To fulfil all Righteousness (of which more in its place) He thus owned Iohns Ministry and Mission to Baptize, and confirmed the Institution of Baptism by Water, and offered himself to that Testimony, which he knew his Father would give of him. He thus initiated himself in the Christian Church, as by Circumcision he had made himself of the Iewish Church, and so was both the Head of the believing Iews and Gentiles. He was not (as others) Baptized in Testimony of his Repentance, or for the Remission of sins, for he was without sin.

Marginal references: Mar. 1.9. Luk. 3.21.