John 1:26

John 1:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
• New International Version (NIV)“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.
• English Standard Version (ESV)John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
• New King James Version (NKJV)John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.

Context of John 1:26

24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?” “I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him. 27He is the one coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.” 28All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:26 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάννης λέγων· ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι· μέσος ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Johnὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• baptizeβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• butδέde · thenG1161
• there standeth oneἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• amongμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• youσύsu · youG4771
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756

Cross-references for John 1:26

• Matthew 3:11“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Mark 1:8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
• Luke 3:16John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Acts 1:5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”
• Acts 11:16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
• John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him.
• John 8:19Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?” “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”
• John 16:3They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
• John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
• Malachi 3:1“See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in — see, he is coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
• 1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children — and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.

Commentaries on John 1:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26I baptize with water - See on Mark 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 John 1:29.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26I baptize - He did not deny it; nor did he condescend to state his authority. That he had given. He “admitted” that he had introduced an important “change” in the rites of religion, and he goes on to tell them that this was not all. Greater and more important changes would soon take place without their authority. The Messiah was about to come, and the “power” was about to depart from “their” hands. There standeth one - There is one. Among you - In the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. John was not that Prophet whom Moses said the Lord would raise up to them of their brethren, like unto him. He was not such a prophet as they expected, who would rescue them from the Romans. He gave such an account of himself, as might excite and awaken them to hearken to him. He baptized…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Jewish baptisms were ritual washings for becoming ceremonially pure following contact with impurity (Leviticus 8:6; Numbers 19:7). John announced the Christ's arrival and required participants to confess their sins and be baptized (Matthew 3:6). Baptism later became the symbol of membership in the kingdom of God (Acts 2:38; see also John 4:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. there standeth--This must have been spoken after the baptism of Christ, and possibly just after His temptation (see on Joh 1:29).Read the comment

Topics related to John 1:26

• Baptism
• Jesus, the Christ
• John

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Commentaries on John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings