<p>3:22 <i>And the Holy Spirit descended upon him in a bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven: You are My beloved Son- </i>Surely an allusion to Gen. 22:2 (LXX), where the sacrificed Isaac was Abraham's beloved son.</p><p><i>In you I am well pleased</i>- Combining references to Ps. 2:7 and Is. 42:1. Klausner: &quot;In whom I shall be blessed&quot;. Quoted about the Lord also in Mt. 12:18; 17:5. The contrast is with how the Father was not &quot;well pleased&quot; with Israel when they were in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5); but He was well pleased with His Son in the wilderness. Many prophecies about Israel, the 'servant' of Isaiah's prophecies, come true in Jesus. God's plan in Israel failed due to their disobedience, but the intention behind it came true in Jesus; He was the Son who fulfilled the Father's wishes after Israel failed Him. Jesus thus became the embodiment of Israel; He was their representative before God. It is in this context that the representative nature of the Lord Jesus was first established; He was God's Son who was fully representative of Israel. It is thereby through Him that Israel can be finally restored to their Father.&nbsp; See on 2 Pet. 1:17. The voice had the same intonation as the voice on the mount of transfiguration; it was the voice of God Himself in person. The Father's 'pleasure' spoke also of His 'will'. His will was done, and His pleasure thereby achieved, &quot;in&quot; His Son; because of the Lord's internal state of mind. And this sets the path toward understanding our own status &quot;in Christ&quot;.</p>