John 3: 22
“After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.”
The Bible doesn’t explain why Jesus took his disciples out and baptized people. This work had been the responsibility of John the Baptist and his disciples since before Jesus started his ministry. One thing we know about Jesus is that he didn’t do things just to be doing something. He always had a reason and that reason was always that it was his Father’s will. So why would God want Jesus to do this?
Some of the questions that come to mind include:
Was this a training exercise of the disciples?
Did this event somehow serve to connect Jesus with the work of John the Baptist?
Was there something the disciples learned from doing this that was important?
Was this simply a prelude to John’s comments that follow in the next few verses?
Q: Why would Jesus take his disciples out into the countryside to baptize people?
To prepare them for what is to come after He ascends to The Father,..As you all know in the letter from Matthew it states at the end that we are to baptize all people in the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit,…Jesus was preparing them for their task at hand,..just as we should be prepared in the task that Jesus has given us,..go and make disciples,..
You got it John!