John 1:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'

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  • John 10:24 : 24 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'
  • Acts 13:25 : 25 and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not `he', but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of `his' feet.
  • John 5:33-36 : 33 ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth. 34 `But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved; 35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
  • Matt 21:23-32 : 23 And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?' 24 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; 25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? 26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' 27 And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' 29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went. 30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not; 31 which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, 32 for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.
  • Luke 3:15-18 : 15 And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ; 16 John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; 17 whose winnowing shovel `is' in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.' 18 And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,
  • John 2:18 : 18 the Jews then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?'
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe -- that is, in the Christ -- Jesus;'
  • John 5:10 : 10 the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

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  • John 1:20-26
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    20and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- `I am not the Christ.'

    21And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'

    22They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

    23He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

    24And those sent were of the Pharisees,

    25and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • John 3:25-26
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    25there arose then a question from the disciples of John with `some' Jews about purifying,

    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

    19and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    20And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • John 1:6-8
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    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

    7this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

    8that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.

  • Matt 11:2-4
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    2And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    4And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

  • John 1:30-36
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    30this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

    32And John testified, saying -- `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

    33and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

    34and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

    35On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

    36and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God;'

  • John 5:33
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    33ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

  • John 1:15
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    15John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

  • John 3:28
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    28ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

  • Luke 7:27
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    27this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

  • Luke 20:4
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    4the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

  • Matt 11:10
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    10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Matt 3:3
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    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Mark 11:30
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    30the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

  • Mark 1:5
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    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 3:5
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    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

  • Matt 3:1
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Luke 3:15
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    15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    2As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

    14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

  • Acts 13:24-25
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    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

    25and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not `he', but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of `his' feet.

  • Luke 7:24
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    24And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

  • John 1:28
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    28These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

  • Mark 1:7
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    7and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

  • John 1:18
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    18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
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    7And he saith unto them, `What `is' the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'

  • Matt 21:25
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    25the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

  • Acts 19:3
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    3and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'