John 1:31

New International Version

I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

Matthew 3:13

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

Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Luke 1:17

And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

John 1:30

This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’

John 1:32

Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.

John 1:33

And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”