John 1:26 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁶ John answered them, “I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. [Mal. 3:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

Common English Bible

²⁶ John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ John answered them by saying: "I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.

John 1:26 Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:8

I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 16:3

And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 17:25

O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee; and these know that thou hast sent me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 8:19

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

Acts 1:5

for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 11:16

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 19:4

And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.