John’s Testimony about Jesus
John 3:28
In 9 translations
- BSB
- You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
- KJV
- Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- WEB
- You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
- ASV
- Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
- LSV
- you yourselves testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am having been sent before Him;
- YLT
- ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;
- DBY
- Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
- DRC
- You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- GNV
- Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include μοι (“to me”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27 include ὅτι (“that”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort include ἐγώ (“I myself”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: μοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μοι; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: εἶπον. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read εἶπον; Westcott and Hort (1881) add ἐγώ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition add ὅτι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μοι μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι εἶπον· Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ χριστός, ἀλλʼ ὅτι Ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
- RP2018
- Αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ χριστός, ἀλλ’ ὅτι Ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
- TR-Boyd
- Αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μοι μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι Ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
- SCR1894
- αυτοι υμεις μοι μαρτυρειτε οτι ειπον ουκ ειμι εγω ο χριστος αλλ οτι απεσταλμενος ειμι εμπροσθεν εκεινου
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 1:20He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
- John 1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
- Luke 1:16–17Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. And 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…
- Matthew 3:11–12I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in His…
- 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 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
- Luke 1:76And 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,
- Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Mark 1:2–3As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 3:4–6as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him. Every valley shall be filled in, and every…
- Malachi 4:4–5“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- John 1:27He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
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