Jesus is the sinless one. Nonetheless, He goes to John in order to be baptized. Baptism was a way for Jesus to identify himself with the ones He came to deliver from sin. The presence of the Holy Spirit and the voice of the Father manifested during Jesus’ baptism are proofs of God’s approval of Jesus’ character and endorsements of his ministry. The readers of the Gospel of Mark familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures should be able to identify a connection to
Mark 1:9–11