John 1

Prologue

1In the beginning # 1:1 Gn 1:1; Col 1:18 was the Word, # 1:1 Jn 1:14; 1Jn 1:1; Rv 19:13 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. # 1:1 Jn 20:28; Php 2:6 2He was with God in the beginning. # 1:2 Jn 8:38; 17:5; Ac 26:4 3All things were created # 1:3 Col 1:16; Heb 1:2 through him, # 1:3 Rm 11:36 and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 4In him was life, # 1:3–4 Other punctuation is possible: . . . not one thing was created. What was created in him was life,# 1:4 1Jn 2:5 and that life was the light # 1:4 Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46 of men. 5That light shines # 1:5 1Jn 2:8 in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome # 1:5 Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35 it. # 1:5 Php 3:12

6There was a man sent from God whose name was John. # 1:6 Mk 1:4 7He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. # 1:7 Or it (the light) 8He was not the light, but he came to testify # 1:8 Jn 15:26 about the light. 9The true light # 1:9 Jn 12:46 that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. # 1:9 Or The true light who comes into the world gives light to everyone, or The true light enlightens everyone coming into the world.,# 1:9 Jn 18:37; 1Jn 2:8

10He was in the world, and the world was created # 1:10 Jn 1:3 through him, and yet the world did not recognize him. 11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12But to all who did receive # 1:12 2Jn 10 him, # 1:12 Jn 5:43 he gave them the right # 1:12 Mk 1:22; Ac 9:14 to be # 1:12 Or become children # 1:12 Lk 1:7 of God, # 1:12 Mt 5:9; Jn 11:52; Rm 8:16; 1Jn 3:1 to those who believe # 1:12 Jn 3:16 in his name, # 1:12 Jn 10:25; 1Jn 3:23 13who were born, # 1:13 1Pt 1:3 not of natural descent, # 1:13 Lit blood or of the will # 1:13 1Co 7:37; 16:12; Eph 2:3; 2Tm 2:26; 2Pt 1:21 of the flesh, # 1:13 Php 3:3 or of the will of man, # 1:13 Or not of human lineage, or of human capacity, or of human volition but of God. # 1:13 1Pt 1:3; 1Jn 2:29

14The Word # 1:14 Jn 1:1 became flesh # 1:14 Php 2:7; 1Jn 4:2; 5:20 and dwelt # 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled among us. We observed his glory, # 1:14 Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24 the glory as the one and only # 1:14 Heb 11:17; 1Jn 4:9 Son # 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage. from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me # 1:15 Mt 3:11; Mk 1:7; Jn 1:27,30 ranks ahead of me, # 1:15 Col 1:19 because he existed before me.’ ”) # 1:15 Jn 3:13; 8:58; 10:30; 14:7–9,23; Php 2:6 16Indeed, we have all received grace # 1:16 Ac 15:11; 2Pt 3:18 upon # 1:16 Or in place of grace from his fullness, 17for the law was given through Moses; # 1:17 Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 grace and truth # 1:17 Ps 119:142; Jn 14:6; 2Th 2:10 came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. The one and only # 1:18 1Jn 4:9 Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s # 1:18 Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 side # 1:18 Other mss read The one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him. # 1:18 Mt 11:27; Lk 10:22; 1Jn 2:24

John the Baptist’s Testimony

19This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem # 1:19 Mt 23:37 sent priests # 1:19 Ac 4:1 and Levites # 1:19 Ex 6:19; Lk 10:32 to ask him, “Who are you? ”

20He didn’t deny it but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” # 1:20 Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2

21“What then? ” they asked him. “Are you Elijah? ” # 1:21 Mal 4:5; Mt 11:14; 17:10–13; Mk 8:28; Lk 1:17

“I am not,” he said.

“Are you the Prophet? ” # 1:21 Dt 18:15; Mt 2:23

“No,” he answered.

22“Who are you, then? ” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself? ”

23He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord # 1:23 Is 40:3,# 1:23 Is 40:3 — just as Isaiah # 1:23 Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 the prophet said.”

24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. # 1:24 Mk 7:3 25So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet? ”

26“I baptize with # 1:26 Or in, also in vv. 31,33 water,” # 1:26 Mk 1:8 John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him. 27He is the one coming after me, # 1:27 Other mss add who came before me,# 1:27 Jn 1:15 whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.” 28All this happened in Bethany # 1:28 Other mss read in Bethabara across the Jordan, # 1:28 Mk 10:1; Lk 3:3 where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, # 1:29 Is 53:7; Ac 8:32; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:6 who takes away the sin # 1:29 Jn 15:22; 1Jn 3:5 of the world! 30This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ 31I didn’t know him, # 1:31 Jn 7:28 but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed # 1:31 2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2 to Israel.” 32And John testified, “I saw the Spirit # 1:32 Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5; 1Jn 5:8; Rv 3:22 descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him. # 1:32 Jms 4:5 33I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on — he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ # 1:33 Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Ac 11:16 34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” # 1:34 Other mss read is the Chosen One of God,# 1:34 Mt 3:17; 4:3; Jn 1:49; 5:19; Heb 1:2

35The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God! ”

37The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. 38When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for? ”

They said to him, “Rabbi” # 1:38 Jn 11:8 (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying? ”

39 “Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. # 1:39 Lit about the tenth hour

40Andrew, # 1:40–42 Mt 4:18–22; Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11 Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. 41He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” # 1:41 Both Hb Messiah and Gk Christos mean “anointed one”,# 1:41 Mt 1:17 (which is translated “the Christ”), # 1:41 Ex 29:29 42and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John. # 1:42 Other mss read “Simon, son of Jonah You will be called Cephas” # 1:42 1Co 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gl 1:18; 2:9,11,14 (which is translated “Peter” # 1:42 Both Aramaic Cephas and Gk Petros mean “rock”).

Philip and Nathanael

43The next day Jesus # 1:43 Lit he decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip # 1:43 Mk 3:18 and told him, “Follow me.”

44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, # 1:44 Jn 12:21 the hometown of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael # 1:45 Jn 1:46–49; 21:2 and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets # 1:45 Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52; Rm 3:21): Jesus the son of Joseph, # 1:45 Mt 1:16; Lk 1:27; 2:4,16,33; 3:23; Jn 6:42 from Nazareth.” # 1:45 Mk 1:9

46“Can anything good # 1:46 Gn 1:31 come out of Nazareth? ” Nathanael asked him.

“Come and see,” Philip answered.

47Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Here truly is an Israelite # 1:47 2Co 11:22 in whom there is no deceit.”

48“How do you know me? ” Nathanael asked.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

49“Rabbi,” # 1:49 Jn 11:8 Nathanael replied, “You are the Son # 1:49 Jn 5:19 of God; you are the King of Israel! ” # 1:49 Mt 27:42; Mk 15:32; Jn 12:13

50Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” 51Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God # 1:51 Lk 12:8–9; 15:10; Ac 10:3 ascending and descending # 1:51 Gn 28:12 on the Son of Man.” # 1:51 Mk 2:10

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Yochanan 1

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]; Yn 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 Yn 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 Shekhinah 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 Yn 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; Yn 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 Yn 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 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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