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John 1:26
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“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him.
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not,
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
John answered them, saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
John answered, "I baptize with water, but there is one here with you that you don't know about.
John answered them, "I baptize [only] in water, but among you there stands One whom you do not recognize and of whom you know nothing.
John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
"I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands One you do not know.
John told them, "I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.
To them Yochanan replied, "I am immersing people in water, but among you is standing someone whom you don't know.
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
John answered, "I baptize people with water. But there is someone here with you that you don't know.
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.
John answered and said to them, I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know;
John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know.
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water. In your midst stands one whom you do not know—
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water, but One stands in your midst whom you do not know;
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
Yochanan answered them, "I immerse in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
John answered them, "I am baptizing within">[fn] water, but among you stands a man whom you do not know,Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:11;">[xr]
Juchanon answered and said to them, I baptize you with waters; but he standeth among you whom you know not:
John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not know.
Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not,
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know,
"I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know--
Joon answeride to hem, and seide, Y baptise in watir, but in the myddil of you hath stonde oon, that ye knowen not;
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you stands one whom you don't know,
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
John told them, "I baptize with water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize.
John answered, "I baptize with water. But there is One standing among you Whom you do not know.
John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know,
John answered them, saying - I, immerse, in water. In the midst of you, standeth one, whom, ye, know not; -
John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.
John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
Iohn answered them sayinge: I baptise with water: but one is come amonge you whom ye knowe not
John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,
Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not.
John answered them, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye know not; he it is who coming after me,
John answered, "I only baptize using water. A person you don't recognize has taken his stand in your midst. He comes after me, but he is not in second place to me. I'm not even worthy to hold his coat for him."
John said, "I just baptize with water. But look around, someone is standing right here that you do not recognize.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I: Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, Acts 1:5, Acts 11:16
whom: John 1:10, John 1:11, John 8:19, John 16:3, John 17:3, John 17:25, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:2, 1 John 3:1
Reciprocal: Luke 3:4 - Prepare Luke 17:21 - within you John 1:7 - a witness John 3:26 - to whom Acts 13:25 - whom
Cross-References
But Jesus answered them, My father worketh until now, and I work.
Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would therefore know, what these things mean?
And he hath made of one the whole nation of men, to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation:
And we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Whose unbelieving minds the god of this world hath blinded, lest the illumination of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine upon them.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first begotten of every creature.
For every kind both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.
For there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water,.... Or in water, so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions render it. The sense of the answer is, that he indeed baptized persons in water, which was all that he could do, or pretended to do; and he owned, that this was a new rite, and that he was the administrator of a new ordinance; but he suggests, as may be supplied from Matthew 3:11 that there was one at hand, and even now among them, that should baptize, and so it is read in one of Stephens's copies here, in the Holy Ghost, and in fire; and it was by his authority, by a commission he had received from him, that he baptized in water; and that his speedy manifestation and appearance as the Messiah, which would be confirmed by his power of baptizing in the Holy Ghost, and by his ministry and miracles, would be a sufficient vindication of his conduct, and support him in his administration of water baptism:
but there standeth one among you; or "hath stood", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; referring, not to his being among them at twelve years of age, but a few days ago when he came to John to be baptized, and was baptized by him; for from John 1:29 it is plain he was not now, or "today", as Nounus expresses it, standing in the midst of them. The Ethiopic version renders it, there is one about to stand among you, as he did the next day: though the meaning of the phrase may only be, that he was then in being, and dwelt somewhere among them, and not that he was personally present at that time:
whom ye know not; neither from whence he is, nor who he is, or what is his work and office; neither the dignity of his person, nor the end of his coming into the world, nor the nature of his business in it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I baptize - He did not deny it; nor did he condescend to state his authority. That he had given. He âadmittedâ that he had introduced an important âchangeâ in the rites of religion, and he goes on to tell them that this was not all. Greater and more important changes would soon take place without their authority. The Messiah was about to come, and the âpowerâ was about to depart from âtheirâ hands.
There standeth one - There is one.
Among you - In the midst of you. He is undistinguished among the multitude. The Messiah had already come, and was about to be manifested to the people. It was not until the next day John 1:29 that Jesus was manifested or proclaimed as the Messiah; but it is not improbable that he was then among the people that were assembled near the Jordan, and mingled with them, though he was undistinguished. He had gone there, probably, with the multitudes that had been drawn thither by the fame of John, and had gone without attracting attention, though his real object was go receive baptism in this public manner, and to be exhibited and proclaimed as the Messiah.
Whom ye know not - Jesus was not yet declared publicly to be the Christ. Though it is probable that he was then among the multitude, yet he was not known as the Messiah. We may hence learn:
- That there is often great excellency in the world that is obscure, undistinguished, and unknown. Jesus was near to all that people, but they were not conscious of his presence, for he was retired and obscure. Though the greatest personage ever in the world, yet he was not externally distinguished from others.
- Jesus may be near to men of the world, and yet they know him not. He is everywhere by his Spirit, yet few know it, and few are desirous of knowing it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. I baptize with water — Mark 1:8; Mark 1:8. I use the common form, though I direct the baptized to a different end, viz. that they shall repent of their sins, and believe in the Messiah.
There standeth one among you — That is, the person whose forerunner I am is now dwelling in the land of Judea, and will shortly make his appearance among you. Christ was not present when John spoke thus, as may be seen from John 1:29.
