John 1:33
I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me “He on whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him – he it is who baptises with the Holy Spirit.”
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
32John also said: ‘I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on him.
34This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God.’
Cross References
Matthew 3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptised by him.
Luke 3:16John, addressing them all, said, ‘I, indeed, baptise you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
John 3:5‘In truth I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘unless a person owes their birth to water and Spirit, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:5for, while John baptised with water, you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit before many days have passed.’
Acts 10:44Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
Acts 19:2‘Did you, when you became believers in Christ, receive the Holy Spirit?’ ‘No,’ they answered, ‘we did not even hear that there was a 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 →