Bible verse
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
Mark 1:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 1.
6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
7 And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
8 I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
12 At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
13 and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
14 After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
KJV
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
ASV
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
ERV
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
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