Quotes About John

The Bible clearly writes and bears witness about John the Baptist of this fact.

John the Baptist who was described by Jesus like this bore witness to Jesus also by confirming, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"(John 1:29) It was John the Baptist who bore witness of Jesus by confirming, "Look! Jesus took away all the sins of the world, and He is none other than the Son of God;

and "the Elijah who is to come"(Matthew 11:11-14). What then is the chief role that

As the representative of all mankind - John the Baptist was the one who passed the sins of the world onto Jesus by baptizing Him.

As someone special who was born from the house of Aaron the High Priest by the providence of God, John

It Is Clear That John the Baptist Was the High Priest Who Was Entitled to Baptise Jesus by Laying His Hands on Jesus' Head to Atone for the Sins of the World

John the Baptist carried out the priesthood of passing-on the sins of humankind onto Jesus, who was sacrificial Lamb of God.

Because God always used a representative priest to pass-on the sins of people onto a sacrificial lamb, He had to send John the Baptist. Therefore

Representing all of mankind - John the Baptist passed-on all the sins onto Jesus. This is how Jesus received His baptism from John the Baptist.

The Persian belief in the advent of a saviour who will make mankind immortal seems to reappear in an intenser form in the days of John the Baptist

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If we toss about the idea of "God in the flesh" as if it were just that thing we believe, we are not tuned in to the shock and even offense that John's opening lines would have generated. Christianity is a weird religion, folks.

Then we have the Gospel of John, the odd man out. John's story of Jesus is so out of step with the others that it is sometimes hard to see how he could be talking about the same person.

Because, more than the other three Gospel writers, John is big on Jesus's divine authority over the religious leaders. That's part of his agenda, and so he shapes the past to make the point.

In the Bible we've been given the Gospel according to Matthew, to Mark, to Luke, and to John. But there is also a Gospel according to Jesus: the Revelation. In other Gospels, Jesus was incarnated (in-fleshed) in our space and time, speaking our language. In the Revelation, John is out-carnated (out-fleshed) from our space and time so that Jesus can reveal the eternal gospel in the language of heaven.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

John wore a garment of camelís hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:

As Johnís disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.