John 1:26

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

In Context

25and they asked him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor a prophet?

27that cometh after me, but is preferred before me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

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Cross References

Mark 1:8I indeed 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 made by Him, and yet the world knew Him not:

John 16:3And these things will they do unto you; because they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 17:25O righteous Father, the world indeed hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent me.

Acts 11:16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed 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 →

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