Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'baptist' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'baptist' in the standard works and contain 23.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.




Mark 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 15 0 15
Matt. 7 0 7
Mark 4 0 4
Luke 4 0 4
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 17 2 19

Matt. 3:1
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Matt. 11:11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matt. 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Matt. 14:2
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Matt. 14:8
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

Matt. 16:14
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

Matt. 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.