Matthew 17:12
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, but they [i.e., the Jewish leaders] did not understand who he was, but [instead] did to him what they wanted to. In the same way, the Son of man will also suffer from what the Jews will do."
Matthew 16:21
From that time onward Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the [Jewish] elders, leading priests, and experts in the law of Moses; [that He would then] be killed and [yet] raised up on the third day.
Matthew 11:2
Now while still in prison, John [the Immerser] heard about the things Christ was doing, [so] he sent [word] through his disciples
Matthew 11:9-15
Why did you go out [to the desert]? To see a prophet? Yes, I should say [he was], and much more than a prophet.
Matthew 14:3-10
For Herod had arrested John and had him chained and put in prison in order to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew 21:23-25
When He had come into the Temple, the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things [i.e., miracles and teaching]? And who gave you this authority?"
Matthew 21:32
For John came to show you the way to be right with God, but you would not believe his message. Yet the tax collectors and prostitutes believed it, and when you saw this, even then you did not change your minds so as to believe his message.
Mark 6:14-28
Now King Herod heard about this [i.e., what Jesus was doing] because His name had become well known. He said, "John the Immerser has risen from the dead and it is his powers that are at work in Jesus."
Mark 9:12-13
Jesus answered them, "Elijah truly will come first and restore all things [i.e., to their proper perspective concerning the Messiah]. And it is [also] written [in the Scriptures] about the Son of man, that He would suffer very much and be rejected.
Mark 11:30-32
Was the immersion of John [authorized] from heaven or from men? Give me an answer."
Luke 3:19-20
But because he had rebuked Herod, the tetrarch, for [marrying] his brother's wife Herodias, and for all the other bad things he had done,
Luke 7:33
For when John the Immerser came, he did not eat bread or drink wine [on festive occasions] and you said, 'He is dominated by an evil spirit.'
Luke 9:21-25
Then He sternly ordered them not to tell this to anyone,
John 1:11
[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.
John 5:32-36
[But] there is Someone else [i.e., God] who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony He gives about me is true.
Acts 2:23
Yet, He was handed over to you so that, by lawless men [i.e., the Romans], He was put to death by crucifixion. Now this was all done in harmony with God's full pre-knowledge and [divine] purpose.
Acts 3:14-15
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One [His rightful freedom] and asked for a murderer to be released to you [instead].
Acts 4:10
we want you men and all the people of Israel to know that this man was made completely well through the name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. [He is the One] whom you people put to death on the cross, but God raised from the dead.
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
Acts 13:24-28
His coming occurred after John [the Immerser] had preached to Israel that those who repented should be immersed [as evidence that they had done so].