John the Baptist said in Matthew 3:11 there is coming one greater than him?

Question

who is the greater one?

Answer 1

Jesus!

Answer 2

Jesus Christ was the greater One. A little later, John the Baptist says that he isn't worthy to tie Jesus' sandals. The angel tells John the Baptist's parents that John the Baptist will pave the way for Jesus Christ and His message of hope to the world.

Answer 3

After baptizing Jesus, John continued to preach and baptize, sticking to his assignment to prepare a people. John miraculously knew that Jesus would provide a baptism with holy spirit, but John did not say that he himself would receive holy spirit, becoming an anointed Christian. (Matthew 3:11) John also recognized that he would go on decreasing, while Jesus would go on increasing.—John 3:22-30.

When Jesus said what we read at Matthew 11:11, John was already imprisoned. Jesus made it known in advance that this imprisoned prophet was lesser than the least one who in the future would serve as a king-priest in the heavens. Yet, Jesus also seems to have known that John was soon to die, passing off the earthly scene before the “new” way to heavenly life was opened. (Hebrews 10:19, 20) That meant that John would not survive until Pentecost 33 C.E., when the anointing of Jesus’ disciples with spirit began. Hence, Jesus’ comment at Matthew 11:11 can be taken as well to be an indication that he knew that John would not go to heaven. But would be resurrected and live on the Earth like King David forever.

Psalms chap. 37
"And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.
The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it.

 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace"

Baptism With Fire. When many Pharisees and Sadducees came out to John the Baptizer, he called them “offspring of vipers.” He spoke of the coming One and said: “That one will baptize you people with holy spirit and with fire.” (Mt 3:7, 11) The baptism with fire is not the same as baptism with holy spirit. The fiery baptism could not be, as some say, the tongues of fire at Pentecost, for the disciples there were not immersed in fire. (Ac 2:3) John told his listeners that there would be a division, there would be a gathering of the wheat, after which the chaff would be burned up with fire that could not be put out. (Mt 3:12) He pointed out that the fire would not be a blessing or a reward but would be because ‘the tree did not produce fine fruit.

Using fire as a symbol of destruction, Jesus foretold the execution of the wicked to take place during his presence, saying: “On the day that Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all. The same way it will be on that day when the Son of man is to be revealed.” (Lu 17:29, 30; Mt 13:49, 50) Other instances of fire representing, not a saving force, but a destructive one.

Answer 4

Jesus is the one greater than John because Jesus is the Son of God and he is the only one able to take away the sins of the world. "For all have sinnned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by is grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whome God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God..." Romans 3:23-25. John was human and and even though he was the greatest prophet that ever lived he could not and did not have the power to forgive people of their sins. Jesus is the only one who has the power to forgive us of our sins by the righteousness of his sinless life and the shedding of his blood on the cross.

Answer 5

Jesus. John the Baptist and Him were cousins.

Answer 6

Jesus. John said that there was someone coming that was greater than himself. He meant Jesus.

Answer 7

Jesus!

When John was talking, he was referring to himself...greater than John and Jesus was/is who is was referencing.

Answer 8

He was referring to Jesus, who was standing in front of him at the time.

Answer 9

who do you think??? it was Jesus Christ of course. not Jehovah God but his son. Jesus died for us and shed blood on the stake. it was a tree not a cross

Answer 10

Christ. For when Christ came to him to be baptized John recognized that Christ didn't need to be, but that John had need to be baptized of Christ.

Answer 11

Jesus, the one he would later baptize.