Yochanan 1
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1Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem,#1:1 Isa 55:11; Gn 1:3 and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with, etzel)#1:1 Prov 8:30; 30:4 Hashem, and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim!#1:1 Ps 56:10 [11]; Jn 17:5; Rv 19:13 i.e., the Ma'amar Memra
2Bereshis (in the Beginning) this Dvar Hashem was with Hashem.#1:2 Prov 8:30
3All things through him came to be, and without him came to be not one thing which came into being.#1:3 Ps 33:6,9; Prov 30:4
4In him was Chayyim (Life) and the Chayyim (Life) was the Ohr (Light) of Bnei Adam.#1:4 Ps 36:9 [10]
5And the Ohr shines in the choshech,#1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it.#1:5 Isa 9:1
6There came an ish haElohim (a man of G-d), having been sent from Hashem. His name was Yochanan.
7This Yochanan came for an eidus (witness), that he might give solemn edut (testimony) about the Ohr, that kol Bnei Adam might have emunah through him.
8This ish haElohim was not the Ohr, but he came that he might give solemn edut (testimony) about the Ohr.
9The Ohr, the Ohr HaAmitti (the True Light), which gives rational haskalah (enlightenment) to kol Bnei Adam (all mankind), was coming into the Olam Hazeh.
10He was in the Olam Hazeh, the Olam (world) came to be through him;#1:10 Ps 33:6,9 yet the Olam Hazeh did not recognize him.
11He came to his own, and his own were not mekabel (accepting) the Kabbalus HaMalchus of him.#1:11 Isa 53:3
12But as many as him lekabel pnei Moshiach (receive him as Moshiach), to them he gave the tokef (authority) to become in fact yeladim haElohim.#1:12 Dt 14:1
13He gave this tokef to the ones whose being born was not by the agency of natural descent, nor by the ratzon (will) of basar (fallen human nature), nor by the ratzon of a gever (male) — rather, to the ones born of G-d.#1:13 Jn 3:3,7
14And the Dvar Hashem did mitgashem (become bodily) and made his Sukkah, his Mishkan (Tabernacle) among us,#1:14 Isa 7:14 and we#1:14 Shlichim, 1Y 1:1-2 gazed upon his Shekhinah,#1:14 Ex 33:18; 40:34; Isa 60:1-2 the Shechinah of the Ben Yachid from Elohim HaAv, full of Hashemʼs Chesed v'Emes.
15And Yochanan gives solemn edut (testimony) about him and has cried out, This was he about whom I said, Hu HaBah (He who comes)#1:15 Gn 49:10; Ezek 21:27 after me is really before me in priority, because, before I came to be, he was.#1:15 Jn 8:58
16For from the kol melo (all the plentitude) of him we all received Chesed upon Chesed.
17Because the matan Torah (giving of the Torah) was graciously bestowed through Moshe,#1:17 Rabbeinu; Dt 32:46; Ex 31:18; 34:28 but Chesed and Emes of Hashem came through [Rebbe], Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.#1:17 Ex 34:6; Ps 25:10; 40:11; 85:11; Jn 1:49
18No one has ever seen Hashem.#1:18 Ex 33:20 It is Elohim the Ben Yachid,#1:18 who shares the nature of Hashem, the Chochmah Ben Elohim at his side, see very importantly Prov 8:30; 30:4 it is he, the one being in the kheyk (bosom) of HaAv, this one is Hashemʼs definitive midrash (exegesis).
19And this is the solemn edut (testimony) of Yochanan, when those of Yehudah sent kohanim and L'viim from Yerushalayim to him that they might ask him, Mi atah? (Who are you?).
20Yochanan made hoda'a (confession, admission) — he did not fail to make hoda'a — and said clearly, I am not the#1:20 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
21And they asked Yochanan, What, then? Are you Eliyahu HaNavi? And Yochanan says, I am not. Are you the Navi?#1:21 Dt 18:15,18 And he answered, Lo (No).
22They said then to him, Mi atah? That we may give a teshuvah (answer) to the ones who sent us. What do you say about yourself?
23Yochanan said, I am a KOL KOREY BAMIDBAR, make straight the DERECH HASHEM!#1:23 Isa 40:3, TARGUM HASHIVIM as Yeshayah HaNavi said.
24And the ones that had been sent were of the Perushim.
25And the Perushim asked Yochanan, If you are not the [Rebbe], Melech HaMoshiach nor Eliyahu nor the Navi, then why do you administer the mikveh mayimʼs tevilah?
26Yochanan answered the Perushim, I give a tevilah in a mikveh mayim; among you is standing one of whom you do not have da'as.
27Hu HaBah (he who comes),#1:27 i.e., the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach who is coming into the Olam Hazeh that is, He who comes after me, is one that I am not worthy even to untie the thong of his sandal.
28These events took place in Beit-Anyah (Bethany), beyond the Yarden River, which Yochanan was using as a mikveh mayim in which to administer the tevilah.
29On the next day, Yochanan sees Yehoshua coming to him, and Yochanan says, Hinei! The Seh HaElohim,#1:29 Gn 22:8; Ex 12:5-13; Isa 53:7 the one carrying away the avonot HaOlam Hazeh (sins of this world).#1:29 i.e., as the sa'ir l'Azazel kapporah; Isa 53:6,7,12; Lv 16:22
30This is he about whom I said, After me comes an ISH#1:30 Zech 6:12 who is really before me in priority, because, before I came to be, he was.#1:30 Jn 8:58
31And I did not recognize him, but that he might be manifested to Klal Yisroel, I came, therefore, administering the mikveh mayimʼs tevilah.
32And Yochanan gave solemn edut, I have seen the Ruach Hakodesh descending like a yonah out of Shomayim and remaining upon him.#1:32 Isa 11:2
33And I did not recognize him, but the One who sent me to give the mikveh mayimʼs tevilah said to me, Upon whomever you see the Ruach Hakodesh descending and remaining, this is the One giving the tevilah in the Ruach Hakodesh.#1:33 Yoel 2:28 [3:1]
34And I have seen and I have given solemn edut (testimony) that this One is the Ben HaElohim.#1:34 2Sm 7:14; Ps 2:7; 1Chr 17:10-14; Prov 8:30; 30:4
35On the next day, Yochanan was standing with two of his talmidim.
36And as Yochanan watched Yehoshua walking by, Yochanan says, Hinei the Seh HaElohim!#1:36 Gn 22:8; Ex 12:5-13; Isa 53:7
37And the two talmidim heard Yochanan speaking, and they followed after him.
38When he turned and saw them following, he says to them, Mah tevakkeshun (What do you seek)? And they said to him, Rebbe (which means, being translated, my Master Moreh [teacher]), where is your mekom megurim (dwelling place)?
39And he says to them, Bo'u u're'u! (Come and see!) They went, therefore, and saw his mekom megurim, and remained with him that day. The hour was about the tenth (four o'clock in the afternoon).
40One of the two was the achi Shim'on Kefa. His name was Andrew. He was one of the two who heard Yochanan and followed him.
41Andrew first finds his own achi Shim'on Kefa and says to him, We have found the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach! — the word, being translated, means “Messiah”.#1:41 Dan 9:25; Ps 2:2; 1Sm 2:10
42Andrew led Shim'on to Yehoshua. When Yehoshua gazed at Shim'on, he said, You are Shim'on Bar-Yonah. You will be called Kefa, which is translated Petros.#1:42 Rock; Gn 17:5,15; 32:28; 35:10
43On the next day he wanted to go out into the Galil, and he finds Philippos, and says to Philippos, Follow me.#1:43 as my talmid; 1Kgs 19:19
44Now Philippos was from Beit-Tzaidah, the shtetl of Andrew and Kefa.
45Philippos finds Natan'el and says to him, He whom Moshe#1:45 Rabbeinu wrote of in the Sefer Torah, he whom the Nevi'im also wrote of — Yehoshua ben Yosef [ben Dovid], from Natzeret we have found!#1:45 Dt 18:18; Isa 7:14; 9:6[5]; Ezek 34:23
46And Natan'el said to Philippos, Can anything good come out of Natzeret?#1:46 7:41; Isa 11:1; Zech 6:11-12 Philippos says to Natan'el, Bo'u u're'u! (Come and see!)#1:46 2Kgs 6:13
47Yehoshua saw Natan'el coming to him, and he says, Hinei a genuine Ben Yisroel, in whom is no MIRMAH (deceit).#1:47 Ps 32:2; Zeph 3:13; Isa 53:9
48Natan'el says to him, How do you have da'as of me? In reply, Yehoshua said to him, Before you received your kri'ah (call) from Philippos, while you were beneath the etz hate'enah#1:48 Mic 4:4; Zech 3:10 (fig tree), I watched you.
49In reply, Natan'el said to him, Rebbe, you are the Ben HaElohim,#1:49 2Sm 7:14; Ps 2:7; 89:26-27 the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach of Yisroel.
50In reply, Yehoshua said to Natan'el, Because I told you that I watched you beneath the etz hate'enah, do you have emunah (faith)? Greater than these things you will see.
51And he says to Natan'el, Omein, omein, I say to you, you will see Shomayim having been opened and malachim (angels) of Hashem ascending and descending on the Bar Enosh.#1:51 i.e, Moshiach Dan 7:13-14; Zeph 3:15; Gn 28:12
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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John 1
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The Word Became a Human Being
1In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him. 4Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people. 5The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light.
6There was a man sent from God. His name was John. 7He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe. 8John himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
9The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10The Word was in the world. And the world was made through him. But the world did not recognize him. 11He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him. 12Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God. 13To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
14The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth.
15John was a witness about the Word. John cried out and said, “This was the one I was talking about. I said, ‘He who comes after me is more important than I am. He is more important because he existed before I was born.’ ” 16God is full of grace. From him we have all received grace in place of the grace already given. 17In the past, God gave us grace through the law of Moses. Now, grace and truth come to us through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.
John the Baptist Says That He Is Not the Messiah
19The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask John who he was. John spoke the truth to them. 20He did not try to hide the truth. He spoke to them openly. He said, “I am not the Messiah.”
21They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet we’ve been expecting?” they asked.
“No,” he answered.
22They asked one last time, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23John replied, using the words of Isaiah the prophet. John said, “I’m the messenger who is calling out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight.’ ” (Isaiah 40:3)
24The Pharisees who had been sent 25asked him, “If you are not the Messiah, why are you baptizing people? Why are you doing that if you aren’t Elijah or the Prophet we’ve been expecting?”
26“I baptize people with water,” John replied. “But someone is standing among you whom you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River. That was where John was baptizing.
What John Says About Jesus
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God! He takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I was talking about. I said, ‘A man who comes after me is more important than I am. That’s because he existed before I was born.’ 31I did not know him. But God wants to make it clear to Israel who this person is. That’s the reason I came baptizing with water.”
32Then John told them, “I saw the Holy Spirit come down from heaven like a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus. 33I myself did not know him. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and remain on someone. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen it happen. I am a witness that this is God’s Chosen One.”
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36He saw Jesus walking by. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”
37The two disciples heard him say this. So they followed Jesus. 38Then Jesus turned around and saw them following. He asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” Rabbi means Teacher.
39“Come,” he replied. “You will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying. They spent the rest of the day with him. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
40Andrew was Simon Peter’s brother. Andrew was one of the two disciples who heard what John had said. He had also followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon. He told him, “We have found the Messiah.” Messiah means Christ. 42And he brought Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas.” Cephas means Peter, or Rock.
Jesus Chooses Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
44Philip was from the town of Bethsaida. So were Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the Law. The prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47Jesus saw Nathanael approaching. Here is what Jesus said about him. “He is a true Israelite. Nothing about him is false.”
48“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree. I saw you there before Philip called you.”
49Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel.”
50Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51Then he said to the disciples, “What I’m about to tell you is true. You will see heaven open. You will see the angels of God going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”
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