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Why did John the Baptist need to be baptized?
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Matthew 3:13-15 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
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John was preaching about the One who would come after him in verse 11:
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I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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But in Luke 1:15, we are told that John was filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb:
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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
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Why did John tell Jesus that he needed to be baptized by Jesus since he had already been filled with the Holy Ghost before he was born?
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