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John 1:19-20
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John 1:19-20
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John the Baptist Tells about Jesus
(Matthew 3.1-12; Mark 1.1-8; Luke 3.15-17)
19-20 The religious authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”
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John 1:19
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John 1:19
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John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s(A) testimony when the Jewish leaders[a](B) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
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- John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
John 1:20
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John 1:20
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John the Baptist Tells about Jesus
(Matthew 3.1-12; Mark 1.1-8; Luke 3.15-17)
19-20 The religious authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”
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John 1:20
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John 1:20
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20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(A)
Matthew 3:11
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Matthew 3:11
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11 I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins.[a] But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.[b] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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Matthew 3:11
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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C)
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- Matthew 3:11 Or in
- Matthew 3:11 Or in
Mark 1:7
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Mark 1:7
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7 John also told the people, “Someone more powerful is going to come. And I am not good enough even to stoop down and untie his sandals.[a]
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- 1.7 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.
Mark 1:7
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Mark 1:7
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7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.(A)
Luke 3:16
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Luke 3:16
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16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals.[a] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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- 3.16 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.
Luke 3:16
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Luke 3:16
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John 1:27
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John 1:27
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27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
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John 1:27
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John 1:27
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