John’s Testimony about Jesus
John 3:27
In 9 translations
- BSB
- John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- KJV
- John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
- WEB
- John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
- ASV
- John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
- LSV
- John answered and said, “A man is not able to receive anything if it may not have been given him from Heaven;
- YLT
- John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
- DBY
- John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
- DRC
- John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.
- GNV
- Iohn answered, and saide, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giuen him from heauen.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read οὐδὲ (“and not”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐδὲν (“no [thing]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of Ἰωάννης: Westcott–Hort: Ἰωάνης.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) include ἓν (“one”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: οὐδὲ ἓν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐδὲ ἓν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read οὐδὲν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδὲ ἓν ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
- RP2018
- Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν, Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδέν, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν, Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδέν, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
- SCR1894
- απεκριθη ιωαννης και ειπεν ου δυναται ανθρωπος λαμβανειν ουδεν εαν μη η δεδομενον αυτω εκ του ουρανου
Who and where
👤 John the Baptist◆ John the Baptist Witnesses
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Cross-references most cited first
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 1 Peter 4:10–11As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should…
- Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- 1 Corinthians 2:12–14We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught…
- Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Matthew 25:15To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.
- Ephesians 3:7–8I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the…
- Hebrews 5:4–5No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My…
- Romans 12:6We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- Numbers 17:5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- Mark 11:30–31John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!” They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- Matthew 21:25What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- 1 Timothy 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
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