What did Jesus ’ baptism symbolize? As a perfect human, Jesus could have concluded that he, like Adam, had the potential for fathering a perfect race.
وَبِمَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ لَصِيقَةٍ بِهِ ،‏ عَرَفَ دُونَ شَكٍّ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ وَلَا يَحْتَاجُ بِٱلتَّالِي إِلَى ٱلتَّوْبَةِ .‏