1. Mark 1:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is different in the baptism ritual of Jesus and all the other people who were baptized?

Mark 1:10 (ESV)

10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

The manner in which the baptism is carried out (without a confession of sins) also demonstrates that, among sinners, he is without sin. That is confirmed from heaven. In a vivid way Mark describes how Jesus sees the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.1