John 1:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης.

Transliteration

Egeneto anthropos apestalmenos from Theou, onoma autō Iōannēs.

Grammar Details

• *Egeneto*: aorist middle indicative 3rd person singular of *ginomai* - became/came/appeared
• *anthropos*: nominative masculine singular - man/human
• *apestalmenos*: perfect passive participle, nominative masculine singular of *apostellō* - having been sent
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God/from God
• *onoma*: nominative neuter singular - name
• *autō*: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• *Iōannēs*: nominative masculine singular - John

Word Meanings

• *Egeneto*: appeared/came/arose/came into being
• *anthropos*: man/human/person
• *apestalmenos*: having been sent/commissioned/appointed

Other Translations

• Norsk KJV Mar 2025

  There came a man sent from God, name to him John.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There was a man sent from God, whose name was n.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  There was a man sent from God whose name was Iohn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There was sent from God a man, whose name was Ihon.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

Referenced Verses

• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming,
• John 3:28 : 28 'You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
• John 1:33 : 33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
• Isa 40:3-5 : 3 A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Acts 13:24 : 24 Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
• Matt 11:10 : 10 This is the one about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.'
• Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.
• Luke 1:61-63 : 61 They said to her, 'None of your relatives has that name.' 62 So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all amazed.
• Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,
• Luke 3:2-9 : 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation. 7 John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?" 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 9 The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 10 The crowds were asking him, "What, then, should we do?" 11 He replied to them, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same." 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?" 13 He told them, "Do not collect anything more than what is required." 14 Then some soldiers also questioned him, saying, "And what should we do?" He replied to them, "Do not extort money from anyone or accuse anyone falsely; be content with your wages." 15 As the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ, 16 John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fork is in his hand to thoroughly clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." 18 And in many other ways, with various exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done, 20 added to these things by imprisoning John in prison as well.
• Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
• Matt 21:25 : 25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?' They discussed it among themselves, saying, 'If we say,
• Mark 1:1-8 : 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the prophets: 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 3 'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.' 4 John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 He proclaimed: 'After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.' 8 'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
• Matt 3:1-9 : 1 At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.' 3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.' 4 Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.