John baptizes him and Jesus then sees a theophany. He sees "heaven being torn open" (, "schizomenous", rent open), "and the spirit descending on him like a dove", and hears a voice telling him that he is God's son whom God loves, and with whom God is well pleased. The vision could be related to a Psalm , as well as . The "opening of the heavens" is often seen as the union and beginning of communication between God and the world. Whether anyone else besides Jesus saw this has been often debated: says the Spirit descended in "bodily" form; says John said he saw the Spirit descend onto Jesus. Some have speculated that this event may have been a story that has its origins in the Early Christian practice of baptism, although Franciscan theologian Robert J. Karris argues that this is unlikely.