John 1:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.””
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“I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 1:31 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 3:6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- Mark 1:3“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- Luke 2:39When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
- Luke 3:3He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
- John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- John 1:33I 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 descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
- Acts 19:4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).