John 1:26

World English Bible

John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

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John 1:26 in other translations

John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

John 1:26 · American Standard Version

John 1:26 in context

  1. 24The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
  2. 25They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
  3. 26John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
  4. 27He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
  5. 28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.