John 1:31
And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water.
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Isaiah 40:3The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Malachi 4:2But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings, and ye shall go forth, and frolic as calves of the stall.
Mark 1:3The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of Lord, to prepare his ways,
Luke 3:3And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,
John 1:33And I had not known him. But he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, Upon whomever thou will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses in Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on John 1:30-37
John's Testimony to Christ. 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent… Read the whole commentary →