John 1:31
and I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this I came immersing in water.”
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Isaiah 40:3A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, || Make straight in a desert a highway for our God.
Malachi 4:2But for you fearing My Name, || The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, || And you have gone forth, || And have bounded as calves of a stall.
Mark 1:3A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, || Make His paths straight.”
Luke 1:76And you, child, || Prophet of the Highest will you be called; For you will go before the face of the LORD, || To prepare His ways.
Luke 3:3and he came to all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins,
John 1:33and I did not know Him, but He who sent me to immerse in water, He said to me, On whomsoever you may see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on Him, this is He who is immersing in 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 →