Lexicon :: Strong's G2491 - iōannēs

But his mother responded, “No. He will be called John.”

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with[fn] the Holy Spirit and fire.

Herod added this to everything else ​— ​he locked up John in prison.

Then they said to him, “John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink.”

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? ”

When the men reached him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask you, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? ’ ”

He replied to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy[fn] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news,

After John’s messengers left, he began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John,[fn] but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

“For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon! ’

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about? ” And he wanted to see him.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”[fn]

About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them? ”[fn]

“But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”)

This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you? ”

“I baptize with[fn] water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him.

All this happened in Bethany[fn] across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.

The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.

and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John.[fn] You will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”[fn]).

since John had not yet been thrown into prison.

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew[fn] about purification.

So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the one you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing ​— ​and everyone is going to him.”

John responded, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent me.

Many came to him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”