John 1:31

New English Translation

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

“I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Matthew 3:6

and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Luke 1:17

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

John 1:30

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

John 1:32

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

John 1:33

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”