[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by MarieA27

I believe that Jesus did baptize, as the Bible says that the husband an that labors must be first partakers of the fruit. He can’t actively preach something and then don’t partake in that ourselves, as He had to be an example unto them first as to what they should do.

As far as I know, there are two incidents were it talks about Jesus baptizing. One says that Jesus took his disciples to the river, and baptized, another says that Jesus baptized not, but his disciples. Due to that, I think the second scripture is saying that Jesus baptized no one, but his disciples, or that Jesus only baptized his disciples.

the Greek actually reads..."Jesus Himself was not baptizing but the disciples of Him." This is where it can be understood both ways. One that Jesus baptized no one outside His apostles, or that He baptized no one including His apostles. The latter gets a little sketchy, because when Paul meets disciples of John he requires them to be rebaptized in Jesus name. Therefore making us understand that the baptism of John was only the precursor to the final baptism in Jesus name. Jesus has John baptize Him in order to start His ministry. His apostles who some were already baptized by John, others weren't. Therefore to fulfill all righteousness for all 12 they would need to be baptized. Again, we have two witnesses, one the writer of John saying that at some point Jesus did some baptizing, and the other the Judean religious leadership saying Jesus was baptizing. Therefore to understand the quotation in John 4:2 we would have to take into consideration what was said before in John 3.