Bible Cross References
expectation
John 10:24
Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, "How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
mused
John 1:19-28
19
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, "Who are you?"
20
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Messiah."
21
And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22
Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
23
He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."
24
Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25
And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
27
He is the [One] who comes after me, who has come to be before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal."
28
These things happened in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 3:28
You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
John 3:29
"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.