John 1:31

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And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel."

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee, to John at the Jordan, in order to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:6

And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.

Luke 1:17

And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people."

John 1:30

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

John 1:32

And John offered testimony, saying: "For I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove; and he remained upon him.

John 1:33

And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: 'He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

John 1:7

He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.

Acts 19:4

Then Paul said: "John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in the One who is to come after him, that is, in Jesus."