Verse 31
John 1:31
GOD'S WORD Translation
31
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”
Original Language Text
greek
κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ⸀ἐν ὕδατι βαπτίζων.
English Translation
And I did not know him, but for this reason I came, baptizing in water, so that he might be revealed to Israel.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God (Elohim), and the Word was God (Elohim).
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The same was in the beginning with God (Elohim).
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All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
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In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome
it.
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There came a man, sent from God (Elohim), whose name was John.
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The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through hi...
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He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
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The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
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He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
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But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God (Elohim)’s children, to those w...
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who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (Elohim...
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The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son o...
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John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me...
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From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
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For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Yashua (Jesus) Christ.
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No one has seen God (Elohim) at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, h...
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This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are...
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He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
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They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the prophet?”
He answered...
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They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What...
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23
He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Is...
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The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
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They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
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John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
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He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to l...
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These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The next day, he saw Yashua (Jesus) coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God (Elohim), who...
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This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
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I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israe...
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John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remaine...
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I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, ‘On whomever you will...
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I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God (Elohim).”
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Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
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and he looked at Yashua (Jesus) as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God (Elohim)!”
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The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Yashua (Jesus).
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Yashua (Jesus) turned, and saw them following, and said to them,
“What are you looking for?”
They sa...
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He said to them,
“Come, and see.”
They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him t...
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One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
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He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, bein...
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He brought him to Yashua (Jesus). Yashua (Jesus) looked at him, and said,
“You are Simon the son of...
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On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Yashua (Jesus) said...
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Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the proph...
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Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see....
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Yashua (Jesus) saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him,
“Behold, an Israelite indeed, in who...
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Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Yashua (Jesus) answered him,
“Before Philip called you,...
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49
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God (Elohim)! You are King of Israel!”
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50
Yashua (Jesus) answered him,
“Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believ...
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He said to him,
“Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angel...
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