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Matthew 3:16

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Matthew 3:16 BSB
  1. a NA, BYZ, and TR the heavens were opened to Him
  2. b Or and he saw; see John 1:32–33.

Matthew 3:16 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 11:2 (21 votes) and Mark 1:10 (18 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 40 to Revelation 4.

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Which verses does Matthew 3:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 11:221 votes

    The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

  2. Mark 1:1018 votes

    As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

  3. Luke 3:21–2218 votes

    When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

  4. Isaiah 42:115 votes

    “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

  5. John 1:31–3415 votes

    I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.” Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. …

  6. Isaiah 61:110 votes

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

  7. Acts 7:566 votes

    “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

  8. Ezekiel 1:15 votes

    In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

  9. Colossians 1:18–194 votes

    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

  10. John 3:343 votes

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

  11. Isaiah 59:212 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 3:16?

The 10 strongest of 32.