John 5:35

Catholic Public Domain Version

He was a burning and shining light. So you were willing, at the time, to exult in his light.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, defended him, and striking the Philistine, he killed him. Then David's men swore an oath to him, saying, "You shall no longer go out to war with us, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel."

Exodus 34:35

And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out, was radiant, but he covered his face again, whenever he spoke to them.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

Daniel 12:3

But those who have taught will shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who instruct many towards justice, like the stars for unending eternity.

Matthew 11:11

Amen I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 21:26

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we have the crowd to fear, for they all hold John to be a prophet."

Mark 1:5

And there went out to him all the region of Judea and all those of Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 6:20

For Herod was apprehensive of John, knowing him to be a just and holy man, and so he guarded him. And he heard that he was accomplishing many things, and so he listened to him willingly.

Luke 7:28

For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is greater than the prophet John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

John 6:66

And so he said, "For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father."

2 Peter 1:19

And so, we have an even firmer prophetic word, to which you would do well to listen, as to a light shining within a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.