“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
John 1:31 - 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.” 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.” 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. |
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
and he 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 just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’
And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
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.”