John 1
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The Word of Life
1In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2From the very beginning the Word was with God. 3Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him. 4The Word was the source of life,#1.4 The Word was the source of life; or What was made had life in union with the Word. and this life brought light to humanity. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
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Mt 3.1; Mk 1.4; Lk 3.1–2 God sent his messenger, a man named John, 7who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light. 9This was the real light — the light that comes into the world and shines on everyone.
10The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him. 11He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him. 12Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children. 13They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.
14The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.
15John spoke about him. He cried out, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’ ”
16Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another. 17God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
John the Baptist's Message
(Mt 3.1–12; Mk 1.1–8; Lk 3.1–18)
19The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to John, to ask him, “Who are you?”
20John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and clearly, saying: “I am not the Messiah.”
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Deut 18.15, 18; Mal 4.5 “Who are you, then?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”
“No, I am not,” John answered.
“Are you the Prophet?”#1.21 the Prophet: The one who was expected to appear and announce the coming of the Messiah. they asked.
“No,” he replied.
22“Then tell us who you are,” they said. “We have to take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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Is 40.3 (LXX) John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah:
“I am ‘the voice of someone shouting in the desert:
Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!’ ”
24The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees, 25then#1.24–25 The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees, 25 then; or Those who had been sent were Pharisees; they. asked John, “If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?”
26John answered, “I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know. 27He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie his sandals.”
28All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the River Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’ 31I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with water in order to make him known to the people of Israel.”
32And John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and stay on him. 33I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent me to baptize with water, had said to me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen it,” said John, “and I tell you that he is the Son of God.”
The First Disciples of Jesus
35The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples, 36when he saw Jesus walking by. “There is the Lamb of God!” he said.
37The two disciples heard him say this and went with Jesus. 38Jesus turned, saw them following him, and asked, “What are you looking for?”
They answered, “Where do you live, Rabbi?” (This word means “Teacher”.)
39 “Come and see,” he answered. (It was then about four o'clock in the afternoon.) So they went with him and saw where he lived, and spent the rest of that day with him.
40One of them was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41At once he found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah.” (This word means “Christ”.) 42Then he took Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “Your name is Simon son of John, but you will be called Cephas.” (This is the same as Peter and means “a rock”.)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come with me!” 44(Philip was from Bethsaida, the town where Andrew and Peter lived.) 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
46“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” answered Philip.
47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, “Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!”
48Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered, “I saw you when you were under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49“Teacher,” answered Nathanael, “you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50Jesus said, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than this!” 51#Gen 28.12And he said to them, “I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”
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John 1
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The Word Became Flesh
1#Jn 17:5; 1Jn 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3#Jn 1:10; 1Co 8:6All things were created through Him, and without Him nothing was created that was created. 4#Jn 5:26; 8:12; 11:25In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. 5The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.
6#Mal 3:1; Jn 1:33There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7#Jn 1:19; Ac 19:4This man came as a witness in order to testify concerning the Light, that all men through Him might believe. 8#Jn 1:20He was not this Light, but was sent in order to testify concerning the Light.
9#Isa 49:6; 1Jn 2:8The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10#1Jn 3:1He was in the world, and the world was created through Him, yet the world did not know Him. 11#Jn 3:32He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. 12#Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name, 13#Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:23; 1Jn 3:9who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14#Gal 4:4; 1Ti 3:16The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15#Mt 3:11John bore witness of Him and cried out, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” 16#Col 1:19; Eph 1:23We have all received from His fullness grace upon grace. 17#Jn 1:14; 7:19For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18#Mt 11:27; Jn 6:46; Col 1:15No one has seen God at any time. The only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
Mt 3:1–12; Mk 1:2–8; Lk 3:15–17
19#Jn 10:24Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21#Mt 11:14; 16:14They asked him, “Who then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22They said to him then, “Who are you? Tell us so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?”
23#Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3John said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’#Isa 40:3. just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, “Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26#Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8John answered them, “I baptize with water, but One stands among you, whom you do not know. 27#Jn 1:30; Mt 3:11This is He who comes after me, who is preferred before me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
28#Jn 10:40These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29#Isa 53:7; Jn 1:36The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. 30#Jn 1:15; 1:27This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31#Lk 1:17I did not know Him, but for this reason I came baptizing with water: so that He might be revealed to Israel.”
32#Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22Then John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him. 33#Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34#Mt 4:3; Jn 1:49I have seen and have borne witness that He is the Son of God.”
The First Disciples
35Again, the next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36#Jn 1:29Looking upon Jesus as He walked, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38#Jn 1:49; 3:2Then Jesus turned, saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?”
And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39Jesus said to them, “Come and see.”
So they came and saw where He stayed and remained with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
40One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41#Jn 4:25He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means the Christ). 42#Jn 21:15–17; 1Co 1:12Then he brought him to Jesus.
When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
The Calling of Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip, and said to him, “Follow Me.”
44#Jn 12:21; Mt 11:21Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45#Lk 24:27; Mt 2:23; Jn 21:2Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, as well as the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46#Jn 7:52; 7:41–42Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47#Ps 32:2; Ro 9:6Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said concerning him, “Here is an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.”
48#Jn 2:25Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49#Mt 27:42; Zec 9:9Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51#Ge 28:12; Mt 3:16And He said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
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