Cross references
John 3:28
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
John 3:28 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 1:20 (10 votes) and John 1:23 (7 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Malachi 3 to 2 Corinthians 4.
Which verses does John 3:28 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- John 1:2010 votes
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
- John 1:237 votes
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
- Matthew 3:11–125 votes
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Luke 1:16–175 votes
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. 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.”
- Malachi 3:14 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.
- John 1:254 votes
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
- Matthew 3:33 votes
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Mark 1:2–33 votes
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 1:763 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,
- Malachi 4:4–51 vote
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Luke 3:4–61 vote
- John 1:270 votes
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
Which verses point to John 3:28?
The 10 strongest of 31.