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Here are the explanations on sayings of Jesus with the Eastern perspective using the Ancient Wisdom as guide...
When reading the Bible and seeing "I am", referring to Jesus, it is helpful to mentally substitute "The Christ Principle", and think in Universal concepts rather than a person.

Mt. (3.13.) “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.

Mt. (3.14.) But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

Mt. (3.15.) And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfil all justice.

John was the Teacher preceding Jesus, if not in importance but in timeline. He virtually taught the same principles with some variations.
Baptism by water, versus baptism with Fire – that was the technical difference. This action of baptism was actually an initiation for spiritual advancement.
When Jesus agreed or even encouraged John to baptize him - he acknowledged his own need to advance to the next level, which was his sixth initiation.
As most initiations were tests, this was Jesus’ test in humility and showing his lack of Ego. He was a well-known teacher and he lowered himself in order to show example. There can be no rivalry between the true followers on the Path, as both Jesus and John were.

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