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God the Father took this occasion, the baptism of Christ, to declare his delight in his Son. Though the Father is always pleased with the Son, yet he proclaims the fact here to put special emphasis on his approval of what Christ had just done. Jesus did not enter the waters of baptism to symbolize repentance of any sin, for he had none to repent of. Instead, he went down into the water to represent his death for sinners on the cross and arose out of the water to represent his coming Resurrection. He was here, at the outset of his earthly ministry, committing himself to the cross.