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John 1:32-34
“And John bore witness: ‘I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. I myself did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is He who baptizes with the Holy…
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John 1:31
“’I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.’” John has just attested to who Jesus is and how He was coming after him. In this verse, John the Baptist shows that Jesus is the reason that he was even baptizing…
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John 1:29
“The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” We have just read how John the Baptist dealt with the religious leaders who were challenging Him. John the Baptist did not get distracted by trying to defend against the…
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John 1:30
“This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because He was before me.’” John the Baptist is continuing from the last verse explaining Jesus and declaring Him to the crowd. It is interesting to take note that after John the Baptist gives the gospel in a…
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John 1:24-28
“Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, ‘Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?’ ‘I baptize with water,’ John replied, ‘but among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am…
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John 1:21-23
John 1:21-23 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” Finally, they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” John replied in the words of Isaiah…
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John 1:20
“He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, ‘I am not the Christ.’” The author John shows in this verse the response that John the Baptist has to the question from the priests and the Levites of “Who are you?” John the Baptist does not tell them who he is but who he is…
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John 1:19
“And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’” The author of the gospel, John, goes back to mentioning John the Baptist for the third time in the chapter. This is the start of the actual story. What John has been talking about…
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John 1:18
“No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, He has made Him known.” John has just made the comparison between the law that came through Moses and Jesus who brings the grace and truth of that law. Now John is making another comparison, between God the Son and God…
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John 1:17
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John has just talked about the fullness of Jesus, how He contains enough in Himself not just to be complete but to give this fullness to the rest of the world, His grace and truth. In this next verse, John…
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