Jerusalem; but to the Savior, the whole world. All the inhabitants kept on coming: ‘and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.’ They were baptized by John. John the Baptist offers them the protection of the Law; hence, the Jews are baptized only in respect to the Law. They were coming to Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the Jordan, in the river flowing downstream. The Law, indeed, is downstream; although it baptizes, it is still downward. That is what the name
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