John 1:31

God's Word

I didn’t know who he was. However, I came to baptize with water to show him to the people of Israel.”

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

“I’m going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way ahead of me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the promise  will come. He is the one you want,” says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus appeared. He came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.

Matthew 3:6

As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Luke 1:17

He will go ahead of the Lord with the spirit and power that Elijah had. He will change parents’ attitudes toward their children. He will change disobedient people so that they will accept the wisdom of those who have God’s approval. In this way he will prepare the people for their Lord.”

John 1:30

He is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’

John 1:32

John said, “I saw the Spirit come down as a dove from heaven and stay on him.

John 1:33

I didn’t know who he was. But God, who sent me to baptize with water, had told me, ‘When you see the Spirit come down and stay on someone, you’ll know that person is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

John 1:7

John came to declare the truth about the light so that everyone would become believers through his message.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. John told people to believe in Jesus, who was coming later.”