<Dl> <Dt> Mark 1: 1--11 </Dt> </Dl> <Dt> Mark 1: 1--11 </Dt> <P> This gospel, today generally believed by scholars to be the first and to have been used as a basis for Matthew and Luke, begins with Jesus' baptism by John, who preached a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins . John says of Jesus that he will baptize not with water but with the Holy Spirit . At Jesus' baptism, he hears God's voice proclaiming him to be his Son, and he sees the spirit like a dove descend on him . </P> <P> During Jesus' ministry, when James and John ask Jesus for seats of honor in the coming kingdom, Jesus likens his fate to the cup that he will drink and to the baptism with which he must be baptized, the very cup and baptism in store for John and James (that is, martyrdom). </P>

Who was the first person to get baptised in the bible