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John 1:31 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. "
John 1:31
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The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
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John 1:1
"From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God."
John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:2
"The same was in the beginning with God."
John 1:3
"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:4
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men."
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"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
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