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John 1:33

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I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

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  • Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus as the Son of God?

    John 1:29-34 has John the Baptist not only recognize Jesus on sight as "the Lamb of God" but explicitly testify, "I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God." Matthew 11:2-3 and the parallel in Luke 7:18-20 have John, later in his ministry and from prison, send disciples to ask Jesus the basic question: "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?"

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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