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.
This 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 were made by him, and without him not a single creature was made.
4 In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of man.
5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
And the light shone in darkness, but the darkness received it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
A man named John, was sent from God.
7 He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.
This man came as a witness, to testify concerning the light, that through him, all might believe.
8 He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.
He was not himself the light; but came to testify concerning the light.
9 The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.
The true light was he who, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.
11 He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.
He came to his own land, and his own people did not receive him;
12 But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;
but to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God;
13 who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.
who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.
14 And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.
And the Word became incarnate, and sojourned amongst us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of favor and truth.
15 John gave testimony 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."
(It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)
16 For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake;
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
for the law was given by Moses--the favor and the truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.
19 This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.
Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?
20 He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ."
he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah.
21 "What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.
And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No.
22 So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"
They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself?
23 "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, 'Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."
He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah.
24 They were Pharisees who had been sent.
Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
25 Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 "I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know--
John answered, I immerse in water, but there is one among you whom you know not.
27 He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten."
It is he who comes after me, and was before me; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose.
28 This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
This happened at Bethabara, upon the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!
On the next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
30 This is He about whom I said, 'After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'
This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for he was before me.
31 I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."
As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water.
32 John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.
John testified further, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove, and remaining upon him.
33 I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
For my part, I should not have known him, had not He, who sent me to immerse in water, told me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, the same is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 "This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."
Having, therefore, seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,
The next day, John, being with two of his disciples,
36 when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"
observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.
The two disciples hearing this, followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, "What is your wish?" "Rabbi," they replied--'Rabbi' means 'Teacher' --"where are you staying?"
And Jesus turning about, saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? They answered, Rabbi, (which signifies Teacher, ) where do you dwell?
39 "Come and you shall see," He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.
He replied, Come, and see. They went, and saw where he dwelt, and it being about the tenth hour, abode with him that day.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John's exclamation and followed Jesus.
One of the two, who, having heard John, followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.
The first he met, was his own brother, Simon; to whom he said, We have found the Messiah, (a name equivalent to Christ.)
42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock').
And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him, said, You are Simon, the son of Jona; you shall be called Cephas, (which denotes the same as Peter.)
43 The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.
The next day, he resolved to go to Galilee, and meeting Philip, said to him, Follow me.
44 (Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.)
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."
Philip meets Nathanael, and says to him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth.
46 "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" replied Nathanael. "Come and see," said Philip.
Nathanael says to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip answered, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said, concerning him, Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile.
48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."
Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered, I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip called you.
49 "Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"
Nathanael replying, said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
50 "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."
Jesus answered him, saying, Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe!
51 "I tell you all in most solemn truth," He added, "that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man."
He added, Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.
