33 I didn’t know Him, but He[a] who sent me to baptize with[b] water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with[c] the Holy Spirit.’(A)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:33 He refers to God the Father, who gave John a sign to help him identify the Messiah. Vv. 32-34 indicate that John did not know that Jesus was the Messiah until the Spirit descended upon Him at His baptism.
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The Riot in Ephesus

21 When these events were over, Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. “After I’ve been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well!”(A)

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