Cross references
John 1:31
I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
John 1:31 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 3:1 (8 votes) and Luke 1:17 (6 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Isaiah 40 to 1 John 5.
Which verses does John 1:31 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Malachi 3:18 votes
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 1:176 votes
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- John 1:76 votes
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- John 1:336 votes
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
- Isaiah 40:3–55 votes
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. …
- Malachi 4:2–55 votes
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts. …
- Matthew 3:65 votes
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- Mark 1:3–55 votes
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’” John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. …
- Luke 3:3–45 votes
He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
- Luke 1:76–804 votes
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, …
- Luke 2:39–424 votes
- Acts 19:44 votes
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Which verses point to John 1:31?
The 10 strongest of 21.