John 1:26
24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent
25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
- KJV
- John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
- WEB
- John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
- ASV
- John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
- DARBY
- John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
- BLB
- John answered them, saying, “I baptize in water, but in the midst of you⁺ stands One whom you⁺ do not know,
- ÅB
- Johannes svarte dem: Jeg døper med vann; midt iblant dere står den dere ikke kjenner,
- OTB
- Johannes svarte, “Jeg døper med vann, men blant dere står en dere ikke kjenner.
- B1930
- Johannes svarte dem: Jeg døper med vann; midt iblandt eder står den I ikke kjenner,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Read in contextLuke 3:16
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Read in contextJohn 1:10–11
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Read in contextMark 1:8
I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Read in contextMatthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Read in contextActs 11:16
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
Read in contextJohn 8:19
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
Read in contextJohn 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
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