John 5:33 Cross References
John 5:33
33: In fact, you sent messengers to listen to John the Baptist, and he preached the truth.
John 1:29
- 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!
- 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.'
- I didn't know he was the one, but I have been baptizing with water in order to point him out to Israel."
- Then John said, "I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.
- 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 1:6
- God sent John the Baptist
- to tell everyone about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
- John himself was not the light; he was only a witness to the light.
John 3:26
- John's disciples came to him and said, "Teacher, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you said was the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going over there instead of coming here to us."
- John replied, "God in heaven appoints each person's work.
- 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.
- 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.
- He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
John 1:15
- 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.'"
- We have all benefited from the rich blessings he brought to us--one gracious blessing after another.
- For the law was given through Moses; God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
- No one has ever seen God. But his only Son, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart; he has told us about him.
- This was the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John whether he claimed to be the Messiah.