John 1:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • 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 1:19 : 19 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?'
  • John 1:12 : 12 but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,
  • John 3:26-36 : 26 and 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.' 27 John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven; 28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; 29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. 30 `Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less; 31 he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all. 32 `And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth; 33 he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true; 34 for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit; 35 the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand; 36 he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'
  • John 5:33-35 : 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.
  • John 1:15 : 15 John 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 1:26-27 : 26 John 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, 27 of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'
  • John 1:32-34 : 32 And John testified, saying -- `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; 33 and 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; 34 and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'
  • John 1:36 : 36 and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God;'
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
  • Titus 2:11 : 11 For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
  • John 1:9 : 9 He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

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

    9 He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

    10 in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

    11 to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

  • John 1:3-6
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    3 all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

    5 and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

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

  • John 1:14-15
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    14 And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

    15 John 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 3:26
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    26 and 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.'

  • John 12:46
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    46 I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

  • John 1:28-35
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    28 These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

    29 on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

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

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

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

    33 and 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;

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

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  • John 3:19-21
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    19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

    20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

    21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

  • John 5:32-35
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    32 another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;

    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.

  • Rev 1:2
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    2 who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

  • 1 John 1:1-3
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    1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life --

    2 and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us --

    3 that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship `is' with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

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

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    18 And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

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    6 This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

  • John 3:32
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    32 `And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

  • John 1:17-19
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    17 for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

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

    19 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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    5 And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

  • 1 John 5:9
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    9 If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

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

  • Mark 1:7
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    7 and 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;

  • Mark 1:3
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    3 `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

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    41 and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

  • Matt 3:3
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    3 for 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.'

  • Luke 1:79
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    79 To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

  • John 1:26
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    26 John 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 19:35
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    35 and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.

  • Mark 1:5
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    5 and 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 3:13
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    13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,