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John 3:23

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

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John 3:23 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Mark 1:4–5 (4 votes) and 1 Samuel 9:4 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 33 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does John 3:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Mark 1:4–54 votes

    John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  2. 1 Samuel 9:43 votes

    So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

  3. Ezekiel 43:23 votes

    and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

  4. Matthew 3:5–63 votes

    People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  5. Luke 3:73 votes

    Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

  6. Genesis 33:182 votes

    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

  7. Jeremiah 51:132 votes

    You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

  8. Ezekiel 19:102 votes

    Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

  9. Revelation 1:151 vote

    His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

  10. Revelation 14:21 vote

    And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

  11. Revelation 19:61 vote

Which verses point to John 3:23?

The 10 strongest of 12.