 Really, this is the beginning of the passion of Christ. And Pope Benedict talked about this too in his book, Jesus of Nazareth. The baptism of the Lord was the beginning of his descent into death, the tomb, the underworld from which he is resurrected. Why? Because to the Jews, the waters were a symbol of death, chaos, destruction. The monsters like the Leviathan always come out of the water. When you read the book of Revelation,