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id="ren50001001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v50001002" class="ver">2</span>He was in the beginning with God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v50001003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn50001003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001003-1">*</a> All things came to be through him,</p> <p class="sl1">and without him nothing came to be.<a id="ren50001003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl">What came to be <span id="v50001004" class="ver">4</span>through him was life,</p> <p class="sl1">and this life was the light of the human race;<a id="ren50001004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v50001005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn50001005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001005-1">*</a> the light shines in the darkness,<a id="ren50001005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1l">and the darkness has not overcome it.</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v50001006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn50001006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001006-1">*</a> A man named John was sent from God.<a id="ren50001006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001006-e">e</a> <span id="v50001007" class="ver">7</span>He came for testimony,<a id="rfn50001007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001007-1">*</a> to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.<a id="ren50001007-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001007-f">f</a> <span id="v50001008" class="ver">8</span>He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.<a id="ren50001008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001008-g">g</a> <span id="v50001009" class="ver">9</span>The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.<a id="ren50001009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001009-h">h</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v50001010" class="ver">10</span>He was in the world,</p> <p class="sl1">and the world came to be through him,</p> <p class="sl1">but the world did not know him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v50001011" class="ver">11</span>He came to what was his own,</p> <p class="sl1l">but his own people<a id="rfn50001011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001011-1">*</a> did not accept him.</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v50001012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren50001012-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001012-i">i</a> But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, <span id="v50001013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn50001013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001013-1">*</a> <a id="ren50001013-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001013-j">j</a> who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God.</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v50001014" class="ver">14</span>And the Word became flesh<a id="rfn50001014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">and made his dwelling among us,</p> <p class="sl1">and we saw his glory,</p> <p class="sl1">the glory as of the Father’s only Son,</p> <p class="sl1l">full of grace and truth.<a id="ren50001014-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001014-k">k</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v50001015" class="ver">15</span><a id="rfn50001015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001015-1">*</a> John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said,<a id="ren50001015-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001015-l">l</a> ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ ” <span id="v50001016" class="ver">16</span>From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,<a id="rfn50001016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001016-1">*</a> <span id="v50001017" class="ver">17</span>because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.<a id="ren50001017-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001017-m">m</a> <span id="v50001018" class="ver">18</span>No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God,<a id="rfn50001018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001018-1">*</a> who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.<a id="ren50001018-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001018-n">n</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">II. <span class="ac">The Book of Signs</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">John the Baptist’s Testimony to Himself.</span> <span id="v50001019" class="ver">19</span><a id="rfn50001019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001019-1">*</a> And this is the testimony of John. When the Jews<a id="rfn50001019-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001019-2">*</a> from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites [to him] to ask him, “Who are you?” <span id="v50001020" class="ver">20</span><a id="rfn50001020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001020-1">*</a> he admitted and did not deny it, but admitted,<a id="ren50001020-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001020-o">o</a> “I am not the Messiah.” <span id="v50001021" class="ver">21</span>So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?”<a id="rfn50001021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001021-1">*</a> And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”<a id="ren50001021-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001021-p">p</a> <span id="v50001022" class="ver">22</span>So they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?” <span id="v50001023" class="ver">23</span>He said:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the desert,<a id="ren50001023-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001023-q">q</a></p> <p class="sll">“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’<a id="rfn50001023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001023-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon">as Isaiah the prophet said.” <span id="v50001024" class="ver">24</span>Some Pharisees<a id="rfn50001024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001024-1">*</a> were also sent. <span id="v50001025" class="ver">25</span>They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”<a id="ren50001025-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001025-r">r</a> <span id="v50001026" class="ver">26</span>John answered them, “I baptize with water;<a id="rfn50001026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001026-1">*</a> but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,<a id="ren50001026-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001026-s">s</a> <span id="v50001027" class="ver">27</span>the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.” <span id="v50001028" class="ver">28</span>This happened in Bethany across the Jordan,<a id="rfn50001028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001028-1">*</a> where John was baptizing.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">John the Baptist’s Testimony to Jesus.</span> <span id="v50001029" class="ver">29</span>The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,<a id="rfn50001029-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001029-1">*</a> who takes away the sin of the world.<a id="ren50001029-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001029-t">t</a> <span id="v50001030" class="ver">30</span><a id="rfn50001030-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001030-1">*</a> He is the one of whom I said,<a id="ren50001030-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001030-u">u</a> ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ <span id="v50001031" class="ver">31</span>I did not know him,<a id="rfn50001031-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001031-1">*</a> but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.” <span id="v50001032" class="ver">32</span>John testified further, saying, “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove<a id="rfn50001032-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001032-1">*</a> from the sky and remain upon him. <span id="v50001033" class="ver">33</span>I did not know him,<a id="ren50001033-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001033-v">v</a> but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the holy Spirit.’<a id="ren50001033-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001033-w">w</a> <span id="v50001034" class="ver">34</span><a id="rfn50001034-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001034-1">*</a> <a id="ren50001034-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001034-x">x</a> Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The First Disciples.<a id="ren50001035-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001035-y">y</a></span> <span id="v50001035" class="ver">35</span>The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, <span id="v50001036" class="ver">36</span>and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”<a id="rfn50001036-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001036-1">*</a> <span id="v50001037" class="ver">37</span>The two disciples<a id="rfn50001037-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001037-1">*</a> heard what he said and followed Jesus. <span id="v50001038" class="ver">38</span>Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” <span id="v50001039" class="ver">39</span>He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.<a id="rfn50001039-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001039-1">*</a> <span id="v50001040" class="ver">40</span>Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. <span id="v50001041" class="ver">41</span>He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”<a id="rfn50001041-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001041-1">*</a> (which is translated Anointed).<a id="ren50001041-z" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001041-z">z</a> <span id="v50001042" class="ver">42</span>Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John;<a id="rfn50001042-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001042-1">*</a> you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).<a id="ren50001042-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001042-a">a</a></p> <p><span id="v50001043" class="ver">43</span>The next day he<a id="rfn50001043-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001043-1">*</a> decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” <span id="v50001044" class="ver">44</span>Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. <span id="v50001045" class="ver">45</span>Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”<a id="ren50001045-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001045-b">b</a> <span id="v50001046" class="ver">46</span>But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” <span id="v50001047" class="ver">47</span>Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite.<a id="rfn50001047-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001047-1">*</a> There is no duplicity in him.” <span id="v50001048" class="ver">48</span><a id="rfn50001048-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001048-1">*</a> <a id="ren50001048-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001048-c">c</a> Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” <span id="v50001049" class="ver">49</span>Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God;<a id="rfn50001049-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001049-1">*</a> you are the King of Israel.”<a id="ren50001049-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001049-d">d</a> <span id="v50001050" class="ver">50</span>Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?<a id="rfn50001050-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001050-1">*</a> You will see greater things than this.” <span id="v50001051" class="ver">51</span>And he said to him, “Amen, amen,<a id="rfn50001051-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50001051-1">*</a> I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”<a id="ren50001051-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50001051-e">e</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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