John 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 1:20 : 20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
  • John 3:28 : 28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:2-7
    6 verses
    89%

    2This Word was from the first in relation with God.

    3All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

    4What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

    5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

  • John 1:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

    11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

  • John 3:28
    79%

    28You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • John 1:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

    15John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • John 5:33-35
    3 verses
    79%

    33You sent to John and he gave true witness.

    34But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

    35He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

  • John 1:25-35
    11 verses
    78%

    25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

    26John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

    27It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

    28These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

    29The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

    30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    31I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

    32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    33I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

    35The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

  • John 12:46
    75%

    46I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    12Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

  • John 1:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

    19And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

    20He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

    20The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

    21But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

  • John 3:26
    73%

    26And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

  • Mark 1:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

    8I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

  • 1 John 1:2
    71%

    2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

  • John 3:32
    71%

    32He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

  • Matt 11:10
    71%

    10This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Rev 1:2
    71%

    2Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

  • Luke 7:27
    71%

    27This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Luke 7:18
    70%

    18And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • John 1:23
    70%

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Matt 3:3
    70%

    3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • Luke 1:79
    70%

    79To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

  • Matt 3:13
    70%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

  • Mark 1:3
    70%

    3The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;