John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face 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 face to face with God in the Beginning.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things came into being through him, and apart from him nothing that exists came into being.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 A man came into being, sent from God, whose name was John.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 He came as a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light - so that all men might believe through him.
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony concerning the Light that he came into being.
He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true Light, which enlightens every man, was then coming into the world.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.
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 creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust 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 And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory - glory as of the Father’s only Son - 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 bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, ‘He who is coming after me has been put before me, for 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 For out of his fulness we have all received, yes, grace upon grace.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17 For the Law was given by 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 man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him.
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 some priests and Levites to him 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 acknowledged - he did not deny it - but acknowledged, "I am not the Christ."
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21 "What then?" they questioned; "Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he replied.
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 said they to him. "Who are you? That we may give some answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of 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 He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as said the prophet Isaiah."
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 it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25 so they questioned him, saying, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not 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 "I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27 One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28 This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said. "Behold, that is God’s Lamb, who takes and bears 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 he of whom I said, ‘After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was 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 myself did not recognize him; I only came baptizing in water, in order that he might be openly shown to Israel."
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
32 John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in 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 This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God."
And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
35 Next day again, John was standing with two of his disciples.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
36 After gazing intently on Jesus as he walked about, he said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned and saw them following him, and said, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated ‘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 said to them, "Come, and you shall see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was then about four o’clock in the afternoon.
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 One of the two men who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
41 In the morning he found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (a word which means Christ, the Anointed One).
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him and said. "You are Simon, son of John; you shall be called Cephas" (or ‘Peter,’ which means ‘Rock’).
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 Next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee; and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Then Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found him about whom Moses wrote in the Law, as did the prophets - Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph’s son."
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 And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "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, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
48 "How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "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 "Rabbi," answered Nathanael, "you are the Son of God; you are 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 in reply. "Do you believe because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree?’
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 You shall see greater things than that! Believe me," he added, "you all shall see heaven opened wide, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon 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.
