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Matthew 3:16
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The ancients before Christ used to hold those they baptized in the water until they confessed their own sins. Christ, being sinless, came up at once. He was not baptized as one repenting, but as one who cleanses sins and sanctifies the waters (Matthew 3:16 ).
Greek Οἱ μὲν παλαιοὶ καὶ πρὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοὺς ὑπ' αὐτῶν βαπτιζομένους κατεῖχον ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἕως ἂν τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἐξωμολογήσαντο ἁμαρτήματα, ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς ἀναμάρτητος ὢν εὐθὺς ἀνέβη· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὡς μετανοῶν ἐβαπτίσθη, ἀλλ' ὡς καθαίρων ἁμαρτήματα καὶ ἁγιάζων τὰ ὕδατα.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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