John 3:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

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  • Gen 33:18 : 18 And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which `is' in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,
  • 1 Sam 9:4 : 4 And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.
  • Jer 51:13 : 13 O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
  • Ezek 19:10 : 10 Thy mother `is' as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 And lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice `is' as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour.
  • Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, 6 and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
  • Mark 1:4-5 : 4 John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, 5 and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Rev 1:15 : 15 and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,
  • Rev 14:2 : 2 and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps,
  • Rev 19:6 : 6 and I heard as the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, `Alleluia! because reign did the Lord God -- the Almighty!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 3:22
    86%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;

  • John 3:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24for John was not yet cast into the prison --

    25there arose then a question from the disciples of John with `some' Jews about purifying,

    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

    14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

  • John 1:28
    76%

    28These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

  • Matt 3:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

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

  • Mark 1:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

    10and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

  • Mark 1:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

    3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

  • Matt 3:1
    74%

    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

  • John 10:40-41
    2 verses
    73%

    40and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

    41and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

  • John 1:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • John 4:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,

    2(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

    3he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

  • Acts 19:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

    4And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe -- that is, in the Christ -- Jesus;'

    5and they, having heard, were baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus,

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

  • Matt 3:16
    70%

    16And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

  • Luke 3:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

    21And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

  • Acts 8:36
    70%

    36And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

  • Acts 13:24
    70%

    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

    16John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • Acts 1:5
    69%

    5because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'

  • John 1:33
    69%

    33and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

  • Luke 7:29
    68%

    29And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

  • Luke 20:4
    68%

    4the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

  • John 1:6
    67%

    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

  • John 3:5
    67%

    5Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    67%

    15that no one may say that to my own name I did baptize;

  • Matt 3:11
    67%

    11`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

  • Mark 11:30
    67%

    30the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

  • Acts 11:16
    67%

    16and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

  • John 1:35
    66%

    35On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

  • John 2:7
    66%

    7Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim;

  • Matt 19:1
    66%

    1And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

  • Luke 7:18
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    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

  • John 2:1
    66%

    1And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,