馬太福音第3章
施洗約翰傳道( 可 1:1-8 路 3:1-18 約 1:19-28 )
1那時,有施洗的約翰出來,在猶太的曠野傳道,說:
2「天國近了,你們應當悔改!」
3這人就是先知以賽亞所說的。他說:「在曠野有人聲喊著說:預備主的道,修直他的路!」
4這約翰身穿駱駝毛的衣服,腰束皮帶,吃的是蝗蟲、野蜜。

James Tissot – The Voice in the Desert (La voix dans le désert)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)

Titian – St. John the Baptist(1542)Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

José Leonardo – Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness(c.1635)(LACMA)
5那時,耶路撒冷和猶太全地,並約旦河一帶地方的人,都出去到約翰那裡,
6承認他們的罪,在約旦河裡受他的洗。

Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Preaching of St. John the Baptist(1566)Szépművészeti Múzeum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Nicolas Poussin – Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan(c.1630s)Getty Center, Los Angeles(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
7約翰看見許多法利賽人和撒都該人也來受洗,就對他們說:「毒蛇的種類!誰指示你們逃避將來的忿怒呢?
8你們要結出果子來,與悔改的心相稱。
9不要自己心裡說:『有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗。』我告訴你們, 神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。

James Tissot – Saint John the Baptist and the Pharisees (Saint Jean-Baptiste et les pharisiens)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)
10現在斧子已經放在樹根上,凡不結好果子的樹就砍下來,丟在火裡。

James Tissot – The Axe in the Trunk of the Tree (La cognée dans le tronc de l’arbre)(1886~94)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)
11我是用水給你們施洗,叫你們悔改。但那在我以後來的,能力比我更大,我就是給他提鞋也不配。他要用聖靈與火給你們施洗。
12他手裡拿著簸箕,要揚淨他的場,把麥子收在倉裡,把糠用不滅的火燒盡了。」

James Tissot – He Who Winnows His Wheat (Celui qui vane le blé)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)
耶穌受洗( 可 1:9-11 路 3:21-22 )
13當下,耶穌從加利利來到約旦河,見了約翰,要受他的洗。

James Tissot – Saint John the Baptist Sees Jesus from Afar (Saint Jean-Baptiste voit Jésus de loin)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)

Alexander Andrejewitsch Iwanow – The Appearance of Christ before the People(1837~57)Tretyakov Gallery(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Domenico Ghirlandaio – Preaching of St John the Baptist(1486~90) Cappella Tornabuoni/Tornabuoni Chapel(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Ottavio Vannini – San giovanni che indica il Cristo a Sant’Andrea(17th century)Giovanni Piccirillo (a cura di), La chiesa dei Santi Michele e Gaetano, Becocci Editore, Firenze 2006. sailko(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
14約翰想要攔住他,說:「我當受你的洗,你反倒上我這裡來嗎?」
15耶穌回答說:「你暫且許我,因為我們理當這樣盡諸般的義(或譯:禮)。」於是約翰許了他。
16耶穌受了洗,隨即從水裡上來。天忽然為他開了,他就看見 神的靈彷彿鴿子降下,落在他身上。
17從天上有聲音說:「這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。」

James Tissot – The Baptism of Jesus(1886~94)Brooklyn Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Andrea del Verrocchio & Leonardo da Vinci – Baptism of Christ / Battesimo di Cristo(1470~5)Uffizi Gallery / Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Nicolas Poussin – The Seven Sacraments: Baptism(1642)name National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Antoine Coypel – The Baptism of Christ (c.1690)Los Angeles County Museum of Art(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Joachim Patimier – The Baptism of Christ(1515)Kunsthistorisches Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Francesco da Milano – Baptism of Christ with Saints John the Baptist, Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua(1529)San Giovanni Battista (Vittorio Veneto)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Pietro Perugino – Baptism of Christ(c.1482)Cappella Sistina, Vatican(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo – The Baptism of Christ(c.1655)Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior: The Baptism of Christ(1895)Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Gerard David – Triptych of Jan Des Trompes(1505)Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Grigory Gaagarin – Baptism of Christ(before 1893)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Aert de Gelder – Baptism of Christ(1710)Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)