one that Jesus will later identify as “the Elijah who was to come” (Matt. 11:15; anticipated in Mal. 4:5). John is baptizing out in the wilderness and expecting one who will come after him “who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry” (Matt. 3:11). This one, John continues, “will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (3:11–12).