John 1:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
John 3:32 : 32 {G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
Luke 20:13-15 : 13 And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence {G1492} him. 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
Matt 15:24 : 24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Acts 7:51-52 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
Acts 13:46 : 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. {G1161} Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy {G3756} of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Gal 4:4 : 4 but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Rom 9:5 : 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Rom 15:8 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers,
Acts 13:26 : 26 {G435} Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
Acts 3:25-26 : 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, {G2424} sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Similar Verses (AI)

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John 1:1-10
10 verses
84%
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
8He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light.
9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
John 1:12-18
7 verses
79%
12But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
15John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
16For of his fulness {G2983} we all received, and grace for grace.
17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
John 7:5
73%
5For even his brethren did not believe on him.
John 5:40-43
4 verses
72%
40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
41I receive not glory from men.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Matt 13:57-58
2 verses
72%
57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Mark 6:1
72%
1And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
John 4:44-45
2 verses
72%
44For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.
45So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
Luke 9:53
71%
53And they did not receive him, because his face was [as though he were] going to Jerusalem.
John 1:30-31
2 verses
70%
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause {G2064} came I baptizing in water.
Mark 6:4
70%
4And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
John 3:18-20
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70%
18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Matt 13:54
70%
54And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
Luke 4:24
69%
24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
John 5:38
69%
38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.
John 3:32
69%
32{G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
John 3:11
68%
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John 3:26-27
2 verses
68%
26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
1 John 3:1
67%
1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
John 6:65
67%
65And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except {G3361} it be given unto him of the Father.
Luke 8:19
67%
19And there came to him his mother and brethren, and they could not come at him for the crowd.
John 12:41
67%
41These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
John 12:37
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37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:
John 12:46
67%
46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
Matt 9:1
67%
1And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
John 17:14
66%
14I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 6:38
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38For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.