John 1:26
John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not know.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
27He it is that cometh after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy to untie.
Cross References
Mark 1:8I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
John 1:10He was in the world; and the world was by his hand; and the world did not know him.
John 16:3And these things will they do, because they have not known either my Father, or me.
John 17:25My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send me.
Acts 11:16And I remembered the word of our Lord, when he said: John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on John 1:20-29
John's Testimony to Christ; John Examined by the Priests. 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one… Read the whole commentary →