It is important to recall that this all occurred before baptism. The suggestion that he should be baptized for remission of sins, is met by Jesus as a challenge of his sinlessness. It is submitted to the test, and before he enters the water the "Undefiled" (the dove) enters him, and the deity announces him as then and there begotten. When "straightway a great light shone around the place"--ultimately the Star of Bethlehem. John the Baptist is here the shepherd: seeing the light, he asks, "Who art thou, Lord?" The heavenly voice replies, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Then John fell down before him and said, "I pray thee, Lord, baptize thou me." But he prevented him, saying, "Let be; for thus it is becoming that all things should be fulfilled." Then follows the baptism, and the account continues: "And it came to pass, when the Lord had come up from the water, the entire fountain of the Holy Spirit descended and rested upon him and said to him, 'My Son, in all the prophets did I await thee, that thou mightest come and I might rest in thee; for thou art my rest; thou art my first-born Son that reignest forever.'" [44] The phrase "entire fountain of the Holy Spirit" is Parsî. Anâhita is the Holy Spirit; her influence is always described as a fountain descending on the saints or heroes to whom she gives strength. It will be remembered that in this Gospel the Holy Spirit is also feminine. The use of the words "fountain" and "rest in thee" are interesting in connection with the account of John the Baptizer and Jesus in the fourth gospel, which differs so widely from the Synoptical narratives. It is in John (iii.) left doubtful whether Jesus accepted any baptismal rite at all. John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,--probably allegorical, meaning "Fountain of Repose." Jesus and his friends came there and plunged in (ebaptixonto), but they seem to have been a distinct party from that of John.