8 Bible Verses about John's Baptism
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John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People kept coming and were being baptized,
People from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, being baptized by him while they confessed their sins.
Before Jesus' appearance, John had already preached a baptism of repentance to all the people in Israel.
John went throughout the entire Jordan region, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
By having been baptized with John's baptism, all the people who listened, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice.
It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." He then asked, "Then into what were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."read more.
Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy. There were about twelve men in all.
Then I remembered what the Lord had said: "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."