Luke 1:77

John would prepare people by making known a salvation that comes through the forgiveness of sins. It matters because true deliverance is from sin, not merely from earthly foes.

Cross-references · 19

• Acts 5:31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
• Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
• John 1:34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
• Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
• Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
• John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
• John 1:7–9He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
• John 3:27–36John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
• Luke 3:3He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
• Jer 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
• Acts 19:4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
• Mark 1:3–4“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
• Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
• Rom 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
• Acts 13:38–39Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
• Rom 4:6–8And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
• John 1:15–17John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

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