Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.
John 1:31 - 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." 更多版本King 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.” 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. English Standard Version 2016 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” |
Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.
Then Jesus came from Galilee, to John at the Jordan, in order to be baptized by him.
And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people."
This is the one about whom I said, 'After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.'
And John offered testimony, saying: "For I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove; and he remained upon him.
And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: 'He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
Then Paul said: "John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in the One who is to come after him, that is, in Jesus."