John 1:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. [Mal. 3:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

Common English Bible

⁶ A man named John was sent from God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:6 Cross References

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 11:10

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Matthew 21:25

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him?

Luke 1:13

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Luke 1:76

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

John 1:33

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.

John 3:28

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Acts 13:24

when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.