27 And John left Bethany and went again unto the Jordan ford.
CHAPTER 64.
Jesus comes from Galilee, and is baptized by John. The Holy Breath testifies of his messiahship.
The news reached Galilee, and Jesus with the multitude went down to where the harbinger was preaching at the ford.
2 When Jesus saw the harbinger he said, Behold the man of God! Behold the greatest of the seers! Behold, Elijah has returned!
3 Behold the messenger whom God has sent to open up the way! The kingdom is at hand.
4 When John saw Jesus standing with the throng he said, Behold the king who cometh in the name of God!
5 And Jesus said to John, I would be washed in water as a symbol of the cleansing of the soul.
6 And John replied, You do not need to wash, for you are pure in thought, and word, and deed. And if you need to wash I am not worthy to perform the rite.
7 And Jesus said, I come to be a pattern for the sons of men, and what I bid them do, that I must do; and all men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.