Following the fourth Wiseman- Jesus baptized

We then see our traveler turn in anticipation and leave in the direction of the nearest great city. In his mind, that is where the savior will be. Teaching the masses, healing the sick, destroying the enemies of His people. But as we know, that was not where Jesus was. I do not know how soon after John’s run in with the questioning Jewish people, that Jesus came. What I do know is that the Bible has the events one chapter after the other. So I assume Jesus arrived within a few days of that event.

Matthew 3:13-17 ESV
[13]  Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. [14] John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” [15] But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. [16] And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; [17] and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The Son of God knew how important it was to be baptized. Did He need to make a covenant with God? No. He is God. Did He have sins to wash away in the water? No. He is pure. So why did Jesus decide to be baptized? If you look up what has been discussed and decided upon as an answer you will find that it is largely believed, and makes a fair amount of sense, that Jesus chose to be baptized to show the beginning of his ministry and to show it with an act of obedience to God. Despite Jesus being sinless, this act showed him identifying with mankind who need forgiveness and repentance.

Some may also say that it was symbolic of His death to come. Jesus’s baptism marked the beginning, before the calling of the 12, before the water into wine, before the man by the pool of Bethesda, here Jesus was anointed by God for the journey ahead. Here it begins.