John 1:31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
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30This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare all of you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and all of you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare all of you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Luke 1:76And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luke 3:3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
John 1:33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit (o. pneuma) descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Spirit. (o. pneuma)
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 →