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John 1:26

John answered them, saying - I, immerse, in water. In the midst of you, standeth one, whom, ye, know not; -

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Scofield Reference Index - Life;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baptism;   Ignorance;   John's;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Sacraments;   Unknown, Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Baptism;   John the Baptist;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - John;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   John the Baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Universalists;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John the Baptist;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benedictus;   John the Baptist;   Manuscripts;   Organization (2);   Pharisees (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   Water (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prophecy;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus christ;   John the apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Papyrus;   Regeneration;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - John the Baptist;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
John answered, "I baptize people with water. But there is someone here with you that you don't know.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iohn answered them sayinge: I baptise with water: but one is come amonge you whom ye knowe not
Hebrew Names Version
Yochanan answered them, "I immerse in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
International Standard Version
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]
New American Standard Bible
John answered them, saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
New Century Version
John answered, "I baptize with water, but there is one here with you that you don't know about.
Update Bible Version
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you stands one whom you don't know,
Webster's Bible Translation
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
English Standard Version
John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
World English Bible
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you whom ye know not.
Weymouth's New Testament
"I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know--
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Joon answeride to hem, and seide, Y baptise in watir, but in the myddil of you hath stonde oon, that ye knowen not;
English Revised Version
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
Berean Standard Bible
"I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands One you do not know.
Contemporary English Version
John told them, "I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.
Amplified Bible
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.
American Standard Version
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
Bible in Basic English
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
Complete Jewish Bible
To them Yochanan replied, "I am immersing people in water, but among you is standing someone whom you don't know.
Darby Translation
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
Etheridge Translation
Juchanon answered and said to them, I baptize you with waters; but he standeth among you whom you know not:
Murdock Translation
John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not know.
King James Version (1611)
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not,
New Living Translation
John told them, "I baptize with water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize.
New Life Bible
John answered, "I baptize with water. But there is One standing among you Whom you do not know.
New Revised Standard
John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.
George Lamsa Translation
John answered and said to them, I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know;
Douay-Rheims Bible
John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.
Revised Standard Version
John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not,
Good News Translation
John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know.
Christian Standard Bible®
“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him.
King James Version
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Lexham English Bible
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water. In your midst stands one whom you do not know—
Literal Translation
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water, but One stands in your midst whom you do not know;
Young's Literal Translation
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,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not.
Mace New Testament (1729)
John answered them, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye know not; he it is who coming after me,
THE MESSAGE
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."
New English Translation
John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
New King James Version
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
Simplified Cowboy Version
John said, "I just baptize with water. But look around, someone is standing right here that you do not recognize.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
Legacy Standard Bible
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

Contextual Overview

19 And, this, is the witness of John, when the Jews sent forth unto him, out of Jerusalem, priests and Levites, - that they might question him - Who art, thou? 20 and he confessed, and did not deny, - and he confessed - I, am not, the Christ; 21 and they questioned him - What then? Art, thou, Elijah? and he saith - I am not; The prophet, art, thou? and he answered - No! 22 So they said unto him - Who, art thou? that, an answer, we may give, unto them who sent us, - What sayest thou, concerning thyself? 23 He said - I, am a Voice, of one crying aloud; - In the desert, make ye straight, the way of the Lord: according as said Isaiah the prophet. 24 And they had been sent forth from among the Pharisees; 25 and they questioned him, and said unto him - Why, then, dost thou immerse, - if, thou, art not, the Christ, nor Elijah, nor, the Prophet? 26 John answered them, saying - I, immerse, in water. In the midst of you, standeth one, whom, ye, know not; - 27 after me, coming: - Of whom, I, am not worthy that I should unloose the thong of the sandal. 28 These things, in Bethany, came to pass, beyond the Jordan, where John was, immersing.

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

Genesis 1:2
Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep, - but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,
Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was, good, and God divided the light, from the, darkness;
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening - and it was morning, a, second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said - Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry - ground appear. And it was so.
Genesis 1:20
And God said - Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 1:24
And God said - Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its kind. And it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Genesis 1:29
And God said - Lo! I have given to you - every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, - to you, shall it be, for food;
Genesis 3:22
Then said Yahweh God - Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil, - Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding, -

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 “admitted” that he had introduced an important “change” 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 “power” was about to depart from “their” 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 waterMark 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.


 
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