Having been baptised by John, Jesus had the ‘ seal of approval’ of an accepted and established prophet, a revered holy man — just as Saul, the first King of Israel, received a ‘ seal of approval’from the prophet Samuel.
Having been baptised by John, Jesus had the ‘ sanction of an accepted and established prophet, a revered holy man — just as Saul, the first King of Israel, received a ‘ seal of approval’from the prophet Samuel.