SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #80
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, as a dove, upon him. And a voice came from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son. In thee I am well pleased. (Luke 3:21-22)
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLESSED TRINITY: Even in the Old Testament there were several intimations given that there are more Persons than one in God. "The Spirit of God moved over the waters." "Let us make man to our image and likeness." "I will be to Him a Father, and He will be My Son." Now, in the New Testament, the mystery was fully revealed. The angel Gabriel said: "The Holy which shall be born of thee . . . shall be called the Son of God." This revelation, however, was made to the Blessed Virgin alone. In the Scripture we read above, the mystery of One God in Three Persons is for the first time proclaimed publicly and solemnly. God the Father speaks from heaven; God the Son, in human form, stands in the Jordan; and God the Holy Ghost, under the form of a dove, hovers over the head of Jesus.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]THE MYSTERY OF THE BLESSED TRINITY: Even in the Old Testament there were several intimations given that there are more Persons than one in God. "The Spirit of God moved over the waters." "Let us make man to our image and likeness." "I will be to Him a Father, and He will be My Son." Now, in the New Testament, the mystery was fully revealed. The angel Gabriel said: "The Holy which shall be born of thee . . . shall be called the Son of God." This revelation, however, was made to the Blessed Virgin alone. In the Scripture we read above, the mystery of One God in Three Persons is for the first time proclaimed publicly and solemnly. God the Father speaks from heaven; God the Son, in human form, stands in the Jordan; and God the Holy Ghost, under the form of a dove, hovers over the head of Jesus.
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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