John 1:19

And this is the solemn edut (testimony) of Yochanan, when those of Yehudah sent kohanim and L'viim from Yerushalayim to him that they might ask him, Mi atah? (Who are you?).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

In Context

18No one has ever seen Hashem. + 1:18 Ex 33:20 It is Elohim the Ben Yachid, + 1:18 who shares the nature of Hashem, the Chochmah Ben Elohim at his side, see very importantly Prov 8:30; 30:4 it is he, the one being in the kheyk (bosom) of HaAv, this one is Hashemʼs definitive midrash (exegesis).

20Yochanan made hoda'a (confession, admission) — he did not fail to make hoda'a — and said clearly, I am not the + 1:20 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:8Take heed in the nega hatzara'at, that thou be shomer me'od and do according to all that the kohanim, the Levi'im, shall teach you; as I commanded them, so ye shall be shomer to do.

Luke 3:15As the Am [Berit] were filled with expectation, and all were wondering in their levavot (hearts) concerning Yochanan, whether perhaps he might be the Moshiach,

John 5:10So those of Yehudah were saying to the one having been granted refu'ah (healing), It is Shabbos, so it is asur (prohibited), it is chillul Shabbos (desecration of Shabbat) for you to carry your mat. + 5:10 Neh 13:15-22; Jer 17:21

John 6:41Therefore, those of Yehudah were murmuring about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because he said, Ani Hu + 6:41 Ex 3:14 the lechem having come down out of Shomayim. + 6:41 Ex 16:4

John 10:24Then those of Yehudah encircled Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and were saying to him, How much longer are you going to hold our neshamot in suspense? If you are the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, tell us openly.

Acts 19:4And Rav Sha'ul said, Yochanan gave a tevilah of teshuva to the people, saying that they should have emunah in Hu HaBah, + 19:4 Moshiach the one coming after him, that is, in Yehoshua. + 19:4 Lk 3:16

Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19

John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →

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