John 1:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

He was not that light, but that he might beare witnesse of ye light.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 1:20 : 20 And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ.
  • John 3:28 : 28 Ye youreselues are my witnesses, how that I sayde, I am not Christ, but am sent before him.
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 Paul sayde: Ihon baptysed with the baptyme of repentaunce, and spake vnto ye people, that they shulde beleue on him, which shulde come after him, that is, on Iesus, that the same is Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:2-7
    6 verses
    89%

    2The same was in the begynnynge wt God.

    3All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.

    4In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:

    5and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.

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

    7The same came for a witnesse, to beare wytnesse of ye light, that thorow him they all might beleue.

  • John 1:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    9That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.

    10He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.

    11He came in to his awne, and his awne receaued him not.

  • John 3:28
    79%

    28Ye youreselues are my witnesses, how that I sayde, I am not Christ, but am sent before him.

  • John 1:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14And the worde became flesh, and dwelt amonge vs: and we sawe his glory, a glory as of the onely begotte sonne of the father, full of grace and trueth.

    15Ihon bare wytnesse of him, cryed, and sayde: It was this, of whom I spake: After me shal he come, that was before me, For he was or euer I:

  • John 5:33-35
    3 verses
    79%

    33Ye sent vnto Ihon, and he bare wytnes of the trueth.

    34As for me, I take no recorde of ma, but these thinges I saye, that ye might be saued.

    35He was a burnynge and shyninge light, but ye wolde haue reioysed a litle whyle in his light.

  • John 1:25-35
    11 verses
    78%

    25And they axed him, & sayde vnto him: Why baptysest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, ner Elias, ner a prophet?

    26Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not.

    27It is he that cometh after me, which was before me: whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse.

    28This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Ihon dyd baptyse.

    29The nexte daye after, Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him, and sayde: Beholde the labe of God, which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde.

    30This is he, of whom I sayde vnto you: After me commeth a man, which was before me. For he was or euer I,

    31and I knewe him not: but that he shulde be declared in Israel, therfore am I come to baptyse with water.

    32And Ihon bare recorde, & sayde: I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue, and abode vpon him,

    33& I knewe him not. But he that sent me to baptyse with water, ye same sayde vnto me: Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him, the same is he, that baptyseth with the holy goost.

    34And I sawe it, and bare recorde, that this is the sonne of God.

    35The nexte daye after, Ihon stode agayne, and two of his disciples.

  • John 12:46
    75%

    46I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    12Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

  • John 1:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared the same vnto vs.

    19And this is the recorde of Ihon, whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites fro Ierusalem, to axe him: Who art thou?

    20And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell.

    20Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.

    21But he that doth the trueth, commeth to the light, that his workes maye be knowne: for they are done in God.

  • John 3:26
    73%

    26and they came vnto Ihon, and sayde vnto him: Master, he yt was with the beyonde Iordan, of whom thou barest wytnesse, beholde, he baptyseth, and euery man cometh vnto him.

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    5And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all.

  • Mark 1:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7and preached, and sayde: There commeth one after me, which is stronger then I: before whom I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and to lowse vp ye lachet of his shue.

    8I baptyse you with water, but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost.

    9And it happened at the same tyme, that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth, and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan.

  • 1 John 1:2
    71%

    2and the life hath appeared, and we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe vnto you ye life that is euerlastinge, which was with the father, and hath apeared vnto vs.

  • John 3:32
    71%

    32and testifieth what he hath sene & herde, and no man receaueth his wytnesse.

  • Matt 11:10
    71%

    10For this is he, of who it is written: Beholde, I sende my messauger before thy face, which shal prepare thy waye before the.

  • Rev 1:2
    71%

    2which bare recorde of the worde of God, and of the testimony of Iesus Christe, and of all thinges that he sawe.

  • Luke 7:27
    71%

    27This is he, of whom it is wrytten: Beholde, I sende my messaunger before yi face, which shal prepare thy waye before the.

  • Luke 7:18
    70%

    18And the disciples of Iho shewed him of all these thinges.

  • John 1:23
    70%

    23He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde:

  • Matt 3:3
    70%

    3This is he, of whom it is spoke by ye Prophet Esay, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in ye wyldernes, prepare the LORDES waye, and make his pathes straight.

  • Luke 1:79
    70%

    79That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.

  • Matt 3:13
    70%

    13Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan, vnto Ihon, to be baptised of hym.

  • Mark 1:3
    70%

    3The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes: Prepare the waye of the LORDE, make his pathes straight.