Luke 3:16

Which verses does Luke 3:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Matthew 3:1120 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.

2. Acts 1:519 votes

   For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

3. Acts 11:15–1617 votes

   As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

4. John 1:3315 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.’

5. John 1:2613 votes

   “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

6. Joel 2:28–2912 votes

   And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

7. Acts 19:4–512 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.” On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

8. Acts 2:3–410 votes

   They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

9. Isaiah 4:48 votes

   when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

10. Zechariah 13:98 votes

    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

11. Malachi 3:2–38 votes
12. Mark 1:7–88 votes
13. Isaiah 32:157 votes
14. 1 Corinthians 12:137 votes
15. Proverbs 1:236 votes
16. Isaiah 44:3–46 votes
17. Ezekiel 36:256 votes
18. John 7:386 votes
19. Acts 2:17–186 votes
20. Acts 2:336 votes

Which verses point to Luke 3:16?

The 10 strongest of 30.

• Matthew 3:11 26
• Acts 1:5 13
• John 1:33 11
• John 1:27 10
• Mark 1:7 9
• John 1:6 9
• John 1:26 9
• John 1:15 7
• John 1:20 7
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 7