John 1:26

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,

Young's Literal Translation

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 questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

27of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Mark 1:8I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

John 1:10in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

John 16:3and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

John 17:25'Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,

Acts 11:16and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and 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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