John 1:31

31 and I knew him not: but that he shuld be declared to Israell therfore am I come baptisynge with water.

John 1:31 In-Context

29 The nexte daye Iohn sawe Iesus commyge vnto him and sayde: beholde the lambe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde.

30 This is he of whom I sayde. After me cometh a man which was before me for he was yer then I

31 and I knew him not: but that he shuld be declared to Israell therfore am I come baptisynge with water.

32 And Iohn bare recorde sayinge: I sawe the sprete descende from heven lyke vnto a dove and abyde apon him

33 and I knewe him not. But he that sent me to baptise in water the same sayde vnto me: apon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he which baptiseth with the holy goost.