Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Seek Jehovah! He will suddenly come to his Temple along with the messenger of the covenant. He is one you desire, behold, he comes, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Malachi 4:5
Behold! I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible Day of Jehovah comes.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.
Luke 1:76
Your child will be called the prophet of the Most High. You will go in advance of Jehovah God to make his ways ready. (Malachi 3:1)
John 1:6-7
God sent a man named John. (Malachi 3:1)
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore Jehovah will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us).
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.
Genesis 48:15-16
Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,
Exodus 23:20
I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
Psalm 110:1
([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
Haggai 2:7-9
I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory.
Malachi 2:7
The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn (my will) the law from them.
Matthew 3:1-3
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming:
Matthew 11:10-11
This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.'
Matthew 17:10-13
His disciples asked him: Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
Mark 1:2-3
The prophet Isaiah wrote: I am sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare your way.
Luke 1:16-17
Great numbers of the children of Israel will return to Jehovah their God because of him. (1 Samuel 7:3)
Luke 2:11
Christ (Messiah) the Lord, a Savior, is born this day in the city of David.
Luke 2:21-32
After eight days the baby was circumcised. He was called by the name, Jesus. (Jesus: Jehovah is salvation) This was the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 2:38
Even up to that time she gave thanks to God and spoke to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Luke 2:46
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers. He was listening and asking them questions.
Luke 3:3-6
John traveled in the region near the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 7:19-20
John sent two of his disciples to the Lord. They asked, Should we look for another or are you the one?
Luke 7:26-28
What did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes I tell you and much more than a prophet.
Luke 19:47
Everyday he taught in the temple. The chief priests, scribes and other important men of the people looked for ways to destroy him.
John 1:15-23
John spoke about him and declared: He is the one I said would come after me. He is greater than I am because he lived before me.
John 1:33-34
I did not know he was the one. God sent me to baptize in water and said: 'You will see one upon whom the spirit descends. The same is he who baptizes in Holy Spirit.'
John 2:14-16
He found the merchants who sold oxen, sheep and doves. The moneychangers were sitting nearby.
John 3:28-30
You bear witness that I said I am not the Christ. I have been sent before him.
Acts 7:38
This one was with our father in the congregation in the wilderness. The angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He received the living oracles to give to us.
Acts 13:24-25
Before Jesus came John preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 19:4
Paul said: John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people they should believe in Jesus, the one who came after John.
Isaiah 40:3-5
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Hosea 12:3-5
Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother's heel while the two of them were in their mother's womb. When Jacob became a man, he struggled with God.