<p>3:21 <i>Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also having been baptized and praying, the heaven was opened</i>- The Lord's baptism was in his case not for forgiveness, but as a sign of identity with &quot;all the people&quot;. And Luke in his words here recognizes that. Sometimes God indicates from what perspective the record is written; at other times He doesn&rsquo;t. Thus Matthew 3:16 makes it clear that the Lord saw Heaven opened at his baptism, and the Spirit descending like a dove. But Luke 3:21-22 just says that &ldquo;the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended&rdquo;. Luke doesn&rsquo;t say that this is only what happened from the Lord&rsquo;s perspective. This problem of perspective is at the root of the misunderstanding of the demon language in the Gospels.</p>