This manuscript strives to search out what laws given by Moses required Jesus to be baptized by John.
Mat 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? ...
Jesus poses the question about the water baptism that John administered. After deliberating and reasoning among themselves, the people concluded that they could not tell whether it was from Heaven or of man. The question has been therefore unanswered even to this day.
Can this question posed by Christ be answered today?
When Jesus came to John to be baptized, John first refused Him until Jesus told John it was to fulfill righteousness. This means that there are laws that required Jesus, who had stated that He came to fulfill the law, to be baptized by John.
Just what these laws are that required this to be done is the subject matter of this exegesis in an attempt to ascertain from where the baptism of John came from.
Was it from Heaven or of man?