John 1:26 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:26

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

KJV

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1 (444)

Much enduringly does the blessed Baptist bear with the fault finders: and very seasonably does he make the declaration regarding himself a basis of saving preaching: and teaches those who were sent from the Pharisees now even against their will that Christ was within the doors. For I, he says, am bringing in an introductory Baptism, washing those defiled by sin with water for a beginning of penitence and teaching them to go up from the lower unto the more perfect.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water,.... Or in water, so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions render it.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

John answered, I baptize - To prepare for the Messiah; and indeed to show that Jews, as well as Gentiles, must be proselytes to Christ, and that these as well as those stand in need of being washed from their sins.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I baptize with water - See on Mar 1:8 (note). I use the common form, though I direct the baptized to a different end, viz. that they shall repent of their sins, and believe in the Messiah. There standeth one among you - That is, the person whose forerunner I am is now dwelling in the land of Judea, and will shortly make his appearance among you. Christ was not present when John spoke thus, as may be seen from Joh 1:29.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθη	apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
βαπτίζω	baptizō	baptize	G907 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
ὕδατι·	hudati	water;	G5204 →
μέσος	mesos	[in the] midst	G3319 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἕστηκεν	hestēken	he has stood	G2476 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
οἴδατε,	oidate	know,

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
leads to
- Acts 1:5
  For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 3:16
  John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 4:4
  when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
Through
Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
leads to
- Acts 11:15–16
  As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 3:11
  I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Luke 3:16
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with…
leads to
- John 1:33
  I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize…