John 1:19-51

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The Testimony of John

19 This is ¹the testimony of John, when ²the Jews sent to him priests and Levites ³from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "⁴I am not ^[a]the Christ."

21 They asked him, "What then? Are you ⁵Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you ⁶the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."

22 Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

23 He said, "I am ⁷A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

25 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[b]Christ, nor Elijah, nor ⁸the Prophet?"

26 John answered them saying, "⁹I baptize ^[c]in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

27 "It is ¹⁰He who comes after me, the ¹¹thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

28 These things took place in Bethany ¹²beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, ¹³the Lamb of God who ¹⁴takes away the sin of the world!

30 "This is He on behalf of whom I said, '¹⁵After me comes a Man who ^[d]has a higher rank than I, ¹⁶for He existed before me.'

31 "I did not recognize ^[e]Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ^[f]in water."

32 John ¹⁷testified saying, "¹⁸I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

33 "I did not recognize ^[g]Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^[h]in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ¹⁹this is the One who baptizes ^[i]in the Holy Spirit.'

34 "I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ²⁰the Son of God."

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35 Again ²¹the next day John was standing ^[j]with two of his disciples,

36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, ²²the Lamb of God!"

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "²³Rabbi (which translated means Teacher ), where are You staying?"

39 He said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the ^[k]tenth hour.

40 ²⁴One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41 He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the ²⁵Messiah " (which translated means ^[l]Christ ).

42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of ^[m]²⁶John; you shall be called ²⁷Cephas " (which is translated ^[n]²⁸Peter ).

43 ²⁹The next day He purposed to go into ³⁰Galilee, and He found ³¹Philip. And Jesus said to him, "³²Follow Me."

44 Now ³³Philip was from ³⁴Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 ³⁵Philip found ³⁶Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom ³⁷Moses in the Law and also ³⁸the Prophets wrote -Jesus of ³⁹Nazareth, ⁴⁰the son of Joseph."

46 Nathanael said to him, "⁴¹Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ⁴²Philip said to him, "Come and see."

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an ⁴³Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before ⁴⁴Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

49 Nathanael answered Him, "⁴⁵Rabbi, You are ⁴⁶the Son of God; You are the ⁴⁷King of Israel."

50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

51 And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ⁴⁸the heavens opened and ⁴⁹the angels of God ascending and descending on ⁵⁰the Son of Man."

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Cross References 50

1. John 1:7
2. John 2:18, 20; John 5:10, 15f, 18; John 6:41, 52; John 7:1, 11, 13, 15, 35; John 8:22, 48, 52, 57; John 9:18, 22; John 10:24, 31, 33
3. Matthew 15:1
4. Luke 3:15; John 3:28
5. Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14
6. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Matthew 21:11; John 1:25
7. Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4
8. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Matthew 21:11; John 1:21
9. Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5
10. Matthew 3:11; John 1:30
11. Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16
12. John 3:26; John 10:40
13. Isaiah 53:7; John 1:36; Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 5:6, 8, 12; Revelation 6:1
14. Matthew 1:21; 1 John 3:5
15. Matthew 3:11; John 1:27
16. John 1:15
17. John 1:7
18. Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22
19. Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5
20. Matthew 4:3; John 1:49
21. John 1:29
22. John 1:29
23. Matthew 23:7; John 1:49
24. Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42
25. Daniel 9:25; John 4:25
26. Matthew 16:17; John 21:15-17
27. 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5; Galatians 1:18; Galatians 2:9, 11, 14
28. Matthew 16:18
29. John 1:29, 35
30. Matthew 4:12; John 1:28; John 2:11
31. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
32. Matthew 8:22
33. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
34. Matthew 11:21
35. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
36. John 1:46-49; John 21:2
37. Luke 24:27
38. Luke 24:27
39. Matthew 2:23
40. Luke 2:48; Luke 3:23; Luke 4:22; John 6:42
41. John 7:41, 52
42. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
43. Romans 9:4
44. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
45. John 1:38
46. John 1:34
47. Matthew 2:2; Matthew 27:42; Mark 15:32; John 12:13
48. Ezekiel 1:1; Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:21; Acts 7:56; Acts 10:11; Revelation 19:11
49. Genesis 28:12
50. Matthew 8:20

Footnotes 14

[a] I.e. the Messiah
[b] I.e. Messiah
[c] The Gr here can be translated "in, with" or "by"
[d] Lit "has become before me"
[e] I.e. as the Messiah
[f] The Gr here can be translated "in, with" or "by"
[g] I.e. as the Messiah
[h] The Gr here can be translated "in", "with" or "by"
[i] The Gr here can be translated "in", "with" or "by"
[j] Lit "and"
[k] Perhaps 10 a.m. (Roman time)
[l] Gr "Anointed One"
[m] Gr "Joannes"
[n] I.e. Rock or Stone