Then Jesus arrived from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.
John 1:31 - English Majority Text Version "I did not know Him; but that He should be made manifest to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I did not know Him and did not recognize Him [myself]; but it is in order that He should be made manifest and be revealed to Israel [be brought out where we can see Him] that I came baptizing in (with) water. American Standard Version (1901) And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water. Common English Bible Even I didn’t recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be made known to Israel.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. |
Then Jesus arrived from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
And he himself will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
This is the One about whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who ranks before me, because He was before me.'
And John testified, saying, "I have beheld the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.
I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
This man came for a testimony, so that he might testify concerning the Light, so that all through him might believe.
But Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus."