Matthew 3:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Cross References

Isaiah 11:2

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Isaiah 42:1

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

Isaiah 59:21

And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.

Mark 1:10

And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

John 1:51

And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

Acts 1:22

Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

Acts 7:56

And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

1 John 5:6

This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.