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.

General references

Bible References

Bare

John 1:7
he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.
John 3:26
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
John 5:33
You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7
He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:
Luke 3:16
John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

He was

John 1:1
THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine.
John 8:58
"Truly, truly I tell you," said Jesus, "I have existed before Abraham was born."
John 17:5
now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.
Philippians 2:6
Though he was divine by nature, he did not set store upon equality with God
Colossians 1:17
he is prior to all, and all coheres in him.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.
Revelation 1:11
"Write your vision in a book, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and Smyrna and Pergamum and Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."
Revelation 2:8
Then to the angel of the church at Smyrna write thus: ??These are the words of the First and Last, who was dead and came to life:

General references

Mark 1:3
the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' ??4 John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Luke 3:18
Thus with many another appeal he spoke his message to the people.
John 1:30
That is he of whom I said, 'The man who is to succeed me has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.'
Acts 13:24
before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel.