Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
Therefore
Bible References
I knew
John 1:33
And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon Him, He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit and was in the deserts until the day of his showing to Israel.
Luke 2:39
And when they had finished all things according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
But
John 1:7
This one came as a witness, to bear witness concerning the Light, so that all might believe through him.
Isaiah 40:3
The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And Jehovah, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.
Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise, and healing will be on His wings. And you shall go out and frisk like calves of the stall.
Luke 1:17
And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Therefore
Matthew 3:6
And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight."
Luke 3:3
And he came into all the country around Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
Acts 19:4
And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into Him coming after him, that is, into Jesus Christ.