Matthew 3:6 (LXX): What the Church Fathers Said

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Matthew 3:6

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Thomas Aquinas

Then they went out and were baptized by him in the river Jordan. But why in the Jordan? Because in the Jordan was first prefigured baptism. In 2 Kg (2:8-11) it says of Elisha that he passed through the Jordan, and Elijah went up to heaven. It was there also that Naaman the leper was cleansed. This signifies being cleansed from sins in baptism. …

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