New Revised Standard Version
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Contemporary English Version
God sent a man named John,

New American Bible
A man named John was sent from God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

A.

3999. B.C.

5. a man.

John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, he it is that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

John 3:28 You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Isaiah 40:3-5 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. . . .

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:5,6 Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. . . .

Matthew 3:1-11 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea. . . .

Matthew 11:10 For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before my face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Matthew 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:

Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. . . .

Luke 1:15-17,76 For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. . . .

Luke 3:2-20 Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. . . .

Acts 13:24 John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

John.

Luke 1:13,61-63 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard: and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son. And thou shalt call his name John. . . .