John 1:31
And I knew him not: though that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore am I come baptising with water.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30This is he of whom I spake, After me cometh a man who was before me: for before me he existed.
Cross References
Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait.”
Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luke 3:3and he came into all the country on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
John 1:33And I did not know him: but he that sent me baptising with water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending as a dove, and resting upon him, that is he who baptiseth with the Holy Ghost.
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 →