Verse 6
John 1:6
Bible in Basic English
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There was a man sent from God (Elohim), whose name was John.
Original Language Text
greek
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης·
English Translation
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
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From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God (Elohim) and was God (Elohim).
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This Word was from the first in relation with God (Elohim).
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All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
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What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
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There was a man sent from God (Elohim), whose name was John.
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He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
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He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
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The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
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He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of...
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He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
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To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God (Elohim)--t...
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Whose birth was from God (Elohim) and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desi...
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And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory...
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John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put ove...
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From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
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For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Yashua (Jesus)...
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No man has seen God (Elohim) at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has m...
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And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with th...
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He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
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And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his...
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So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have y...
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He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said...
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Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
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And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ...
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John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowled...
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It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
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These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
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The day after, John sees Yashua (Jesus) coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God (Elohim...
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This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence bef...
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I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen open...
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And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting...
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I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on...
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This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God (Elohim).
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The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;
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And looking at Yashua (Jesus) while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God (Elohim)!
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Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Yashua (Jesus).
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And Yashua (Jesus), turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking...
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He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were wi...
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Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Yashua...
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Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the M...
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And he took him to Yashua (Jesus). Looking at him fixedly Yashua (Jesus) said, You are Simon, the so...
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The day after this, Yashua (Jesus) had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said t...
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Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.
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Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in t...
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Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, C...
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Yashua (Jesus) saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in who...
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Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Yashua (Jesus) said, Before Phil...
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Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God (Elohim), you are King of Israel!
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In answer Yashua (Jesus) said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-...
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And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God (Elohim)'s angels go...
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