John 1:31

I did not know Him; but that He should be made manifest to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

In Context

30This is the One about whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who ranks before me, because He was before me.’

32And John testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.

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Cross References

Mark 1:3“ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 1 ‘ In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; 1 make His paths straight.’ ”

Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; 1 For you will go before the face of the Lord 1 To prepare His ways, 1

Luke 3:3And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

John 1:33I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, this is He 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 →

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