Bible Cross References
A prophet
Luke 1:76
"And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
Luke 20:6
But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded [that] John was a prophet."
and
Luke 16:16
The law and the prophets [were] until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone enters forcibly into it.
Matthew 11:9-14
9
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and far more [than] a prophet.
10
For this is he about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.'
11
"Assuredly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men seize it.
13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14
And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the [one] who is about to come.
John 3:26-30
26
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, this [Man] is baptizing, and all [men] are coming to Him!"
27
John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28
You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
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.
30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 5:35
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.