Acts 19:4 Cross References

Acts 19:4

4: Paul said, "John's baptism was to demonstrate a desire to turn from sin and turn to God. John himself told the people to believe in Jesus, the one John said would come later."

Acts 11:16

  1. Then I thought of the Lord's words when he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Acts 1:5

  1. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

John 1:7

  1. to tell everyone about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

John 1:27

  1. who will soon begin his ministry. I am not even worthy to be his slave. "

John 1:15

  1. John pointed him out to the people. He shouted to the crowds, "This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'Someone is coming who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before I did.'"

Mark 1:1

  1. Here begins the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
  2. In the book of the prophet Isaiah, God said, "Look, I am sending my messenger before you, and he will prepare your way.
  3. He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!'"
  4. This messenger was John the Baptist. He lived in the wilderness and was preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had turned from their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
  5. People from Jerusalem and from all over Judea traveled out into the wilderness to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Matthew 11:3

  1. "Are you really the Messiah we've been waiting for, or should we keep looking for someone else?"
  2. Jesus told them, "Go back to John and tell him about what you have heard and seen--
  3. the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.

Acts 13:23

  1. "And it is one of King David's descendants, Jesus, who is God's promised Savior of Israel!
  2. But before he came, John the Baptist preached the need for everyone in Israel to turn from sin and turn to God and be baptized.
  3. As John was finishing his ministry he asked, 'Do you think I am the Messiah? No! But he is coming soon--and I am not even worthy to be his slave. '

Luke 1:76

  1. "And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord.
  2. You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins.
  3. Because of God's tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us,
  4. to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace."

Matthew 21:25

  1. "Did John's baptism come from heaven or was it merely human?" They talked it over among themselves. "If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe him.
  2. But if we say it was merely human, we'll be mobbed, because the people think he was a prophet."
  3. So they finally replied, "We don't know." And Jesus responded, "Then I won't answer your question either.
  4. "But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'
  5. The son answered, 'No, I won't go,' but later he changed his mind and went anyway.

Matthew 3:11

  1. "I baptize with water those who turn from their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is far greater than I am--so much greater that I am not even worthy to be his slave. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  2. He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

Luke 3:16

  1. John answered their questions by saying, "I baptize with water; but someone is coming soon who is greater than I am--so much greater that I am not even worthy to be his slave. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  2. He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."
  3. John used many such warnings as he announced the Good News to the people.

John 3:28

  1. You yourselves know how plainly I told you that I am not the Messiah. I am here to prepare the way for him--that is all.
  2. The bride will go where the bridegroom is. A bridegroom's friend rejoices with him. I am the bridegroom's friend, and I am filled with joy at his success.
  3. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
  4. "He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. I am of the earth, and my understanding is limited to the things of earth, but he has come from heaven.
  5. He tells what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!

John 1:29

  1. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  2. He is the one I was talking about when I said, 'Soon a man is coming who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before I did.'
  3. I didn't know he was the one, but I have been baptizing with water in order to point him out to Israel."
  4. Then John said, "I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.
  5. I didn't know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, 'When you see the Holy Spirit descending and resting upon someone, he is the one you are looking for. He is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

John 5:33

  1. In fact, you sent messengers to listen to John the Baptist, and he preached the truth.
  2. But the best testimony about me is not from a man, though I have reminded you about John's testimony so you might be saved.
  3. John shone brightly for a while, and you benefited and rejoiced.
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