John 1:31

In 9 translations

BSB

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

KJV

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

WEB

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

ASV

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

LSV

and I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this I came immersing in water.”

YLT

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

DBY

and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

DRC

And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

GNV

And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν ὕδατι βαπτίζων.

RP2018

Κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν· ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραήλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων.

TR-Boyd

Κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραήλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων.

SCR1894

καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον αλλ ινα φανερωθη τω ισραηλ δια τουτο ηλθον εγω εν τω υδατι βαπτιζων

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• Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD…
• John 1:33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
• John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
• Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
• Luke 3:3–4He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,…
• Matthew 3:6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
• Isaiah 40:3–5A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will…
• Malachi 4:2–5“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the…
• Mark 1:3–5“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’” John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.…
• Acts 19:4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
• Luke 1:76–80And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because…
• Luke 2:39–42When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God…

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