John 1:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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  • Matt 3:11 : 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
  • Acts 10:44-47 : 44 While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word. 45 And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles, 46 And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said, 47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?
  • Acts 11:15-16 : 15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first. 16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 19:2-6 : 2 And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit. 3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. 4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus. 5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
  • Mark 1:7-8 : 7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo. 8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
  • John 1:31 : 31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.
  • Matt 3:13-15 : 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him. 14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me? 15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

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  • John 1:25-32
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    25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

    26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

    27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

    28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

    29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

    30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

    32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

  • Mark 1:7-11
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    7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

    10 And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

    11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • John 1:34
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    34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • Luke 3:16
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    16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

  • Matt 3:16-17
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    79%

    16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

    17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • John 3:26-28
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    26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

    27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

    28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • Matt 3:11
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    11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • Acts 1:5
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    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

    14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

  • Acts 11:16
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    16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 3:22
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    22 The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • John 1:6
    76%

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • John 1:15
    76%

    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • John 1:19
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    19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • John 3:34
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    34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

  • John 1:8
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    8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

  • John 7:29
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    29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.

  • Acts 10:37
    74%

    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • John 4:2
    73%

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  • Acts 13:24-25
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    24 For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

    25 And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

  • John 5:33
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    33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

    4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

  • John 1:36
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    36 And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

  • 1 John 5:6
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    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

    5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

  • Matt 11:10
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    10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Luke 7:27
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    27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • John 3:31
    72%

    31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

  • John 7:39
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    39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • John 10:40
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    40 And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.