Joh 1:33 | MHM | STEP | v. 33 : John adds, “I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit’” (John 1:33 ). God had told John that he would know the Messiah by this sign: the Spirit would come down and stay on him. Jesus would do a greater work than John—he would give the Holy Spirit to his people.

‏ John 1:33

v. 33: John adds, “I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit’” (John 1:33 ^a). God had told John that he would know the Messiah by this sign: the Spirit would come down and stay on him. Jesus would do a greater work than John—he would give the Holy Spirit to his people.