DB1 | The Testimony of John the Baptist Jn.1.19-28 | NEB Contents | notes| 1 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 19 | THIS IS THE TESTIMONY which John gave when the Jews of Jerusalem sent a deputation of priests and Levites to ask him who he was. | The Testimony of John the Baptist Jn.1.19-28 (Bethabara-Bethany?) | Mt.3.1-12 | Mk.1.1-8 | Lk.3.1-9 | Καὶ αὑτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου, ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν, Σὺ τίς εἶ; |
| 20 | He confessed without reserve and avowed, 'I am not the Messiah.' | καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ὁ Χριστός. | |
| 21 | 'What then? Are you Elijah?' 'No', he replied. 'Are you the prophet we await?' He answered 'No.' | καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν, Τί οὖν; σύ Ἠλίας εἶ; καὶ λέγει, Οὐκ εἰμί. Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, Οὐ. | |
| 22 | 'Then who are you?' they asked. 'We must give an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?' | εἶπαν οὖν αὐτῷ, Τίς εἶ; ἵνα ἀπόκρισιν δῶμεν τοῖς πέμψασιν ἡμᾶς· τί λέγεις περὶ σεαυτοῦ; | |
| 23 | He answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah: 'I am a voice crying aloud in the wilderness, "Make the Lord's highway straight." ' | - I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness Jn.1.23 | Is.40.3 | ἐφη, Ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, |
| 24 | Some Pharisees who were in the deputation | Καὶ ἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων. | |
| 25 | asked him, 'If you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet, why then are you baptizing?' | καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐδὲ Ἠλίας οὐδὲ ὁ προφήτης; | |
| 26 | 'I baptize in water,' John replied, 'but among you, though you do not know him, stands the one | ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάννης λέγων, Ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὑδατι· μέσος ὑμῶν ἑστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἰδατε, | |
| 27 | who is to come after me. I am not good enough to unfasten his shoes.' | ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος. | |
| 28 | This took place at Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. | Ταῦτα ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὁπου ἦν ὁ Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων. | |