Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
He was
General references
Bible References
Bare
John 1:7
He came for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
John 3:26
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified behold, he is baptizing, and all are going to him."
John 5:33
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, "After me comes One who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Luke 3:16
John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
He was
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.
Philippians 2:6
who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Colossians 1:17
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Revelation 2:8
"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'These are the words of the First and the Last, who died, and came to life:
General references
Mark 1:3
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
Luke 3:18
And with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.
John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.'
Acts 13:24
Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.