They confessed their sins openly and asked for baptism in the river Jordan, as a symbol of their purification from sin, the drowning of their selfishness and their coming to new life from the currents of the river.
Waliungama dhambi zao kwa uwazi wakitamani kubatizwa katika mto wa Jordani kama ishara ya kusafishwa kwa dhambi. Kuzamishwa majini ubinafsi wao kuliwafikisha kwenye maisha mapya kwa kupitia maji ya mto ule.