Mark 1:10
New International Version
Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

New Living Translation
As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him like a dove.

English Standard Version
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Berean Standard Bible
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

Berean Literal Bible
And immediately going up from the water, he saw the heavens tearing open and the Spirit descending as a dove upon Him.

King James Bible
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

New King James Version
And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.

New American Standard Bible
And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon Him;

NASB 1995
Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

NASB 1977
And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

Legacy Standard Bible
And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

Amplified Bible
Immediately coming up out of the water, he (John) saw the heavens torn open, and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him (Jesus);

Christian Standard Bible
As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove.

American Standard Version
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And at once, as he came up from the waters, he saw the heavens being ripped open and The Spirit who was descending upon him as a dove.

Contemporary English Version
As soon as Jesus came out of the water, he saw the sky open and the Holy Spirit coming down to him like a dove.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And forthwith coming up out of he water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him.

English Revised Version
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As Jesus came out of the water, he saw heaven split open and the Spirit coming down to him as a dove.

Good News Translation
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven opening and the Spirit coming down on him like a dove.

International Standard Version
Just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens split open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Literal Standard Version
and immediately coming up from the water, He saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit coming down on Him as a dove;

Majority Standard Bible
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

New American Bible
On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him.

NET Bible
And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

New Revised Standard Version
And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

New Heart English Bible
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Webster's Bible Translation
And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

Weymouth New Testament
and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;

World English Bible
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Young's Literal Translation
and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

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Context
The Baptism of Jesus
9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. 11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”…

Cross References
Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Matthew 3:16
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Mark 1:9
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Mark 1:11
And a voice came from heaven: "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."

John 1:32
Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.


Treasury of Scripture

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending on him:

coming.

Matthew 3:16
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

John 1:31-34
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water…

opened.

Isaiah 64:1
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

the Spirit.

Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Luke 3:22
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

John 1:32
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

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Mark 1
1. The office of John the Baptist.
9. Jesus is baptized;
12. tempted;
14. he preaches;
16. calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John;
23. heals one that had a demon;
29. Peter's mother in law;
32. many diseased persons;
40. and cleanses the leper.














(10) He saw the heavens opened.--Better, as in the margin, rent open, St. Mark's language here, as elsewhere, being more boldly vivid than that of the other Gospels. (See Notes on Matthew 3:16-17.)

Verse 10. - Straightway (εὐθέως) coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened (σχιζομένους); literally, rent asunder. The word εὐθέως occurs more than forty times in this Gospel, and is so characteristic of St. Mark that, in the Revised Version, it is uniformly rendered by the same English synonym, "straightway." He saw. Elsewhere we are told (John 1:32) that St. John the Baptist saw this descent. The earliest heretics took advantage of this statement to represent this event as the descent of the eternal Christ upon the man Jesus for personal indwelling. Later critics have adopted this view. But it need hardly be said here that such an opinion is altogether inconsistent with all that we read elsewhere of the circumstances of the Incarnation, and of the intimate and indissoluble union of the Divine and human natures in the person of the one Christ, from the time of the "overshadowing of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Highest." The Spirit descending upon him at his baptism was not the descent of the eternal Christ upon the man Jesus. It was rather the conveyance to one who was already prepared for it as God and man, of office and authority as the great Prophet that should come into the world. St. Luke says particularly (Luke 3:21) that it was when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, that the Holy Spirit descended upon him; plainly showing us that it was not through the baptism of John, but through the meritorious obedience and the prayer of the Son of God, that the heavens were "rent asunder," and the Holy Spirit descended upon him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As soon [as Jesus]
εὐθὺς (euthys)
Adverb
Strong's 2112: Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon.

came up
ἀναβαίνων (anabainōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.

out of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

water,
ὕδατος (hydatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 5204: Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.

he saw
εἶδεν (eiden)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

heavens
οὐρανοὺς (ouranous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

breaking open
σχιζομένους (schizomenous)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4977: To rend, divide asunder, cleave. Apparently a primary verb; to split or sever.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Spirit
Πνεῦμα (Pneuma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

descending
καταβαῖνον (katabainon)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

on
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Him
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a dove.
περιστερὰν (peristeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4058: A dove, pigeon. Of uncertain derivation; a pigeon.


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