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 with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• Acts 2:38Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”
• John 1:34I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
• Eph 1:7in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
• Acts 3:19“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
• John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
• John 1:7–9The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
• John 3:27–36John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
• Luke 3:3He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
• Jer 31:34and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.”
• Acts 19:4Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
• Mark 1:3–4the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”
• Luke 3:6All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
• Rom 3:25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
• Acts 13:38–39Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
• Rom 4:6–8Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
• John 1:15–17John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

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