John 1:26
John answered them, saying, “I immerse in water, but in the midst of you has stood He whom you have not known, it is this One who is coming after me, who has been before me,
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In Context
27of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the strap of His sandal.”
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, || And he has prepared a way before Me, || And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, || Even the Messenger of the Covenant, || Whom you are desiring, || Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Mark 1:8I indeed immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him:
John 16:3and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor Me.
John 17:25Righteous Father, also the world did not know You, and I knew You, and these have known that You sent Me,
Acts 11:16and I remembered the saying of the LORD, how He said, John indeed immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit;
Matthew Henry on John 1:20-29
John's Testimony to Christ; John Examined by the Priests. 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one… Read the whole commentary →