"John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."
"for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit."
and I remembered the saying of the Lord, that 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.'
and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandal."
he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.
(John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.')
"I am baptizing with water," John replied, "but my successor is among you, One whom you do not recognize,