John 1:31
And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”
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Isaiah 40:3The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
Malachi 4:2But unto you, who fear my name, the Sun of justice will arise, and health will be in his wings. And you will go forth and leap like the calves of the herd.
Mark 1:3The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
Luke 1:76And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,
Luke 3:3And he went into the entire region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
John 1:33And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: ‘He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the 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 →