Why do you think Jesus in John’s Gospel is not baptized by John the Baptist as he is in Mark’s Gospel, but instead is presented as an executive in charge of baptizing (Jn 1:32-34, 3:22-23; 4:1-3)?

Why do you think Jesus in John’s Gospel is not baptized by John the Baptist as he is in Mark’s Gospel, but instead is presented as an executive in charge of baptizing (Jn 1:32-34, 3:22-23; 4:1-3)?

The reason why Jesus in John’s Gospel is not baptized by John the Baptist is that in John’s Gospel Jesus is removed from the controversy being seen in Mark, Matthew and Luke where Jesus is subordinating himself to John the Baptist in a ritual of penitents. In chapter 4 of John’s Gospel, John presents Jesus as a person of authority. “Not only does John’s Gospel does not contain Jesus’s baptism, but also does not present his temptation in the desert, his agony in the Garden of Gethsemani or his crying out from the cross: ‘My God, why have you forsaken me?’ His titles I Am and Word of God give foundation to that authority. His function as life giver show him as the answer to human desire and further as an image within a sacramental church. (Imperato, pg. 57)