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<span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>this one was in the beginning with God; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In him was life, and the life was the light of men, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.</p> <a name="6" id="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Witness of John<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3:1-5</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name [is] John, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>that one was not the Light, but — that he might testify about the Light.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him: <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>who — not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but — of God were begotten.</p> <a name="14" id="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Word Made His Dwelling among Us<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../psalms/84.htm">Psalm 84:1-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, ‘This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.</p> <a name="19" id="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Mission of John the Baptist<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-5</a>; <a href="../matthew/3.htm">Matthew 3:1-12</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm">Mark 1:1-8</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm">Luke 3:1-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, ‘Who art thou?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — ‘I am not the Christ.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they questioned him, ‘What then? Elijah art thou?’ and he saith, ‘I am not.’ — ‘The prophet art thou?’ and he answered, ‘No.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They said then to him, ‘Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He said, ‘I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And those sent were of the Pharisees, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and they questioned him and said to him, ‘Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>John answered them, saying, ‘I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,</p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">Behold, the Lamb of God<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/3.htm#13">Matthew 3:13-17</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm#9">Mark 1:9-11</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm#21">Luke 3:21-22</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, ‘Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And John testified, saying — ‘I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.’</p> <a name="35" id="35"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Calls His First Disciples<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/4.htm#18">Matthew 4:18-22</a>; <a href="../matthew/13.htm#47">Matthew 13:47-52</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm#16">Mark 1:16-20</a>; <a href="../luke/5.htm">Luke 5:1-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, ‘Lo, the Lamb of God;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, ‘What seek ye?’ and they said to them, ‘Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He saith to them, ‘Come and see;’ they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, ‘We have found the Messiah,’ (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,) <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, ‘Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,’ (which is interpreted, A rock.)</p> <p class="hdg">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, ‘Be following me.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, ‘Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who [is] from Nazareth;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>and Nathanael said to him, ‘Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, ‘Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Nathanael saith to him, ‘Whence me dost thou know?’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Before Philip’s calling thee — thou being under the fig-tree — I saw thee.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Nathanael answered and saith to him, ‘Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/1-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>and he saith to him, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.’</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/john/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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