John 4:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 10:48 : 48 he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.
  • 1 Cor 1:13-17 : 13 Hath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized; 14 I give thanks to God that no one of you did I baptize, except Crispus and Gaius -- 15 that no one may say that to my own name I did baptize; 16 and I did baptize also Stephanas' household -- further, I have not known if I did baptize any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

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    1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,

  • John 3:22-26
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    81%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;

    23and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

    24for John was not yet cast into the prison --

    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.'

  • John 4:3
    76%

    3he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

  • Mark 1:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    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!'

  • John 1:33
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    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;

  • John 1:25-26
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    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 1:31
    73%

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

  • John 2:2
    72%

    2and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;

  • 1 Cor 1:15-16
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    72%

    15that no one may say that to my own name I did baptize;

    16and I did baptize also Stephanas' household -- further, I have not known if I did baptize any other.

  • Acts 1:5
    72%

    5because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'

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

  • John 1:28
    71%

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

  • John 10:40-41
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    40and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

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  • John 20:30
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    30Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book;

  • John 2:11-12
    2 verses
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    11This beginning of the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him;

    12after this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they remained not many days.

  • Matt 11:2
    71%

    2And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

  • John 21:2
    71%

    2There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the `sons' of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    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.

  • John 13:5
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    5afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.

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

  • Matt 3:6
    70%

    6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

  • John 1:35
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    35On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

  • John 6:22
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  • Matt 4:12
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    12And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

  • Matt 9:14
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    14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

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  • John 4:8
    69%

    8for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

  • Matt 3:16
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    16And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

  • Acts 8:16
    69%

    16for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus;

  • Luke 3:16
    69%

    16John 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;

  • Mark 3:7
    69%

    7And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

  • Luke 7:29
    69%

    29And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

  • Acts 11:16
    69%

    16and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

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    37and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

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    9And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom,