Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



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, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.


They replied: Some say that thou art John the Immerser; others, Elijah; others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? Jesus answered and said to them: Elijah, indeed, comes first, and he will restore all things. But I say to you, That Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him what they wished; so also shall the Son of man suffer at their hands.

And he answered and said to them: Elijah comes first, and restores all things, and, as it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be despised, so Elijah is to suffer. But I say to you, that Elijah has already come, and they have clone to him what they wished: [as it is written of him.]

And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. read more.
And those who were sent were of the Pharisees; and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?


And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you? And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. read more.
They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. And those who were sent were of the Pharisees; and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not. He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Beth any, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing. The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me. And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water. And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. And I knew him not; but he that sent me to immerse in water, said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is he that immerses in the Holy Spirit. And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God.


And Paul said: John immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people, that they must believe on him who should come after him, that is, on the Christ, Jesus.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight; every ravine shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made level; and the crooked ways shall be made straight; and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Jesus answered and said to them: Elijah, indeed, comes first, and he will restore all things.

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins. read more.
And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him, and were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, con fessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey: and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I immerse you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 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, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways, by giving to his people the knowledge of salvation in the remission of their sins, through the tender mercies of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us, read more.
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, by guiding our feet in the way of peace.

This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not the Light; but he came to testify of the Light.


They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. And those who were sent were of the Pharisees; read more.
and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I immerse in water; but there stands one among you whom you know not. He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Beth any, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water. And John testified, saying: I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. And I knew him not; but he that sent me to immerse in water, said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is he that immerses in the Holy Spirit. read more.
And I saw, and do testify that this is the Son of God.

There is another that testifies concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies concerning me is worthy of credit. You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth. But I receive not testimony from man; yet I say these things that you may be saved. read more.
He was the burning and shining lamp; and you were willing, for a time, to rejoice in his light.

John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.


And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?

And those who were sent were of the Pharisees;