John 1:31

I did not know who he was, but I have come baptizing with water to make him known to Israel.”

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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

30I was talking about him when I said ‘After me there is coming a man who ranks ahead of me, because before I was born he already was.’

32John also said: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on him.

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Cross References

Malachi 4:2But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.

Mark 1:3The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Prepare the road for the Lord, make a straight path for him.”’

Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his way,

Luke 3:3And John went through the whole district of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.

John 1:33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him – he it is 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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