John 1:25

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They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

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  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  • John 1:20-22 : 20 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Christ.' 21 They asked him, 'Then who are you? Are you Elijah?' He said, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.' 22 So they said to him, 'Who are you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?'
  • Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the Prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a moat, but in difficult times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'
  • Deut 18:15 : 15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people. You must listen to him.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 The next day, the rulers, the elders, and the scribes gathered together in Jerusalem. 6 Also present were Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high-priestly family. 7 They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

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  • John 1:26
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    26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.'

  • John 1:19-24
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    83%

    19This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'

    20He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Christ.'

    21They asked him, 'Then who are you? Are you Elijah?' He said, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.'

    22So they said to him, 'Who are you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?'

    23He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

    24Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

  • John 3:22-26
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    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

    23John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized.

    24For John had not yet been put in prison.

    25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

  • Acts 19:3
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    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3But he answered them, 'I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

    4Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?'

  • Matt 21:25
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    25Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?' They discussed it among themselves, saying, 'If we say,

  • John 1:33
    78%

    33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Mark 11:30
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    30'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • John 1:31
    77%

    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

  • Matt 11:3
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    3"Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"

  • John 3:28
    76%

    28'You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’

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

    14But John tried to stop Him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?'

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15As the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ,

    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    75%

    18John's disciples reported all these things to him. Then John called two of his disciples.

    19He sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'

    20When the men came to Jesus, they said, 'John the Baptist has sent us to You to ask, "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"'

  • Mark 8:28
    74%

    28They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.'

  • Mark 1:7-9
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    7He proclaimed: 'After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.'

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • Matt 16:14
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    14They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 3:6
    73%

    6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • John 4:1-2
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    1When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

    2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

  • John 1:28
    73%

    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

    25As John was finishing his course, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, One is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.'

  • Luke 7:29
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    29(When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

  • Matt 3:1
    72%

    1At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Matt 3:3
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    3This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

  • Luke 9:19
    72%

    19They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the ancient prophets has risen.'

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    72%

    15So that no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

  • Luke 3:3
    72%

    3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

  • Acts 1:5
    72%

    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • Mark 6:15
    72%

    15Others were saying, 'He is Elijah,' and still others said, 'He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.'

  • Matt 3:11
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    11I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.