21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened


In Context

18 And with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them.

19 But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the other evil things he had done,

20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened

22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."

23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,

Luke 3:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,