The opening of the public ministry. Luke says it was in the fifteenth year of Tiberius.
Now. The traditional site is near Bethany beyond the Jordan, on the eastern bank, which pilgrims now visit from the west bank at Qasr al-Yahud and from the Jordanian side. The Gospel event is one. The river has moved its bed. The Church does not pretend the exact stone is certain.Then. Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptised. The heavens open. The Spirit descends as a dove. A voice says, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
