"John the Baptist, at his appearance as the Messiah's herald, stirred the nation. From place to place his steps were followed by vast throngs of people of every rank and station. But when the One came to whom he had borne witness, all was changed. The crowds followed Jesus, and John's work seemed fast closing. Yet there was no wavering of his faith. “He must increase,” he said, “but I must decrease.” John 3:30 . Ed 157.2"
"He must increase, but I must decrease."
Ellen White directly references John 3:30 in this passage.
"Alone in the dungeon, seeing whither his path, like his Master's, tended, John accepted the trust—fellowship with Christ in sacrifice. Heaven's messengers attended him to the grave. The intelligences of the universe, fallen and unfallen, witnessed his vindication of unselfish service. Ed 157.5"
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
EGW again uses the phrase 'fellowship with Christ in sacrifice' in reference to John the Baptist, linking it to the concept of sharing in Christ's sufferings as described in Philippians 3:10.
"And in all the generations that have passed since then, suffering souls have been sustained by the testimony of John's life. In the dungeon, on the scaffold, in the flames, men and women through centuries of darkness have been strengthened by the memory of him of whom Christ declared, “Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater.” Matthew 11:11 . Ed 157.6"
"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."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 11:11 in this passage.