Mark 1:9-11 - Jesus was baptised by John

1:9

We now get mention of the baptism of Jesus and His temptation in the wilderness. Mark gives the briefest of accounts of these two incidents. Jesus came from Nazareth and was baptised by John. Mark gives no indication of why Jesus needed to be baptised, Matt 4:13-17 gives more explanation, Mark simply states that Jesus was baptised. In a sense that is enough. We may ask why do we need to be baptised? Well, Jesus was baptised, and no servant is greater than his master, so we should just get on with it!

1:10.11

As Jesus came up out of the water Jesus saw heaven opened and the Spirit descended on Him like a dove. These two verses are more or less identical to Matt 3:16,17. Our repentance and faith opens up the way for our receiving of the Holy Spirit. Then a voice from heaven came declaring that Jesus was God’s Son, and that God was well pleased with Him. Any “theology” that sees Jesus as less than the Son of God is completely mistaken.