John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 Everything was made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 This man came as a witness, to testify about the light, that all through him might believe.
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He wasn’t that light, but was sent as a witness of that light.
He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 The Word was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world didn’t recognize Him.
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came to His own, and those who were His own didn’t receive Him.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in His name:
but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
14 The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
15 John testified about Him. He cried out, saying, “This was He who I told you about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me; )
16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17 The Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but God’s only born Son, who is near to the heart of His Father, has made Him known.
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
20 He confessed, and didn’t deny, but confessed, “I’m not the Christ.”
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then they asked him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
24 Now those who were sent were Pharisees.
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but One stands among you that you don’t know.
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27 It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Look! God’s Lamb who takes away the sin of the world!
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
30 This is the One I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me is preferred before me because He existed before me.’
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;
31 I didn’t know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
32 John testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 I wouldn’t have known Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘Whoever you see the Spirit descending upon, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.
34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Son.”
And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
35 The next day, John again stood with two of His disciples.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, God’s Lamb!”
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned, and seeing them following, asked them, “What are you looking for?” They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which, when translated, means Teacher), “Where are You staying?”
But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?
39 He told them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother, Simon, and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, translated, the Christ).
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he told him, “Follow me.”
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found Him who Moses in the Law, and also the prophets, wrote about — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
46 Nathanael asked Philip, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip told Nathanael, “Come and see.”
And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of Nathanael, “Look! An Israelite indeed, who has no deceit in him!”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
48 Nathanael asked Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered, “Rabbi, You are God’s Son. You are the King of Israel.”
Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus said to him, “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And He told him, “Most assuredly, I tell you, you will see Heaven opened, and God’s angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.
