‘I baptise you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John 1:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I baptise with water,’ John answered them. ‘Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, Common English Bible John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. |
‘I baptise you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
and they were baptised by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.
I baptise you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’
John answered them all, ‘I baptise you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you, and they have known that you sent me.
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent #– #Jesus Christ.
Then they asked him, ‘Where is your Father? ’ ‘You know neither me nor my Father,’ Jesus answered. ‘If you knew me, you would also know my Father.’
for John baptised with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit in a few days.’
I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, “John baptised with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.”
Paul said, ‘John baptised with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.’
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children #– #and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.