John 1:19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

English Standard Version
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

New American Standard Bible
This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

King James Bible
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is John's testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

International Standard Version
This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

American Standard Version
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?

Darby Bible Translation
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

Young's Literal Translation
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'

Cross References

John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 2:18
Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign show you to us, seeing that you do these things?

John 2:20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?

John 5:10
The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.

John 5:15
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 6:41
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 7:1
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:19-28 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 the people with water as a profession of repentance, and as an outward sign of the spiritual blessings to be conferred on them by the Messiah, who was in the midst of them, though they knew him not, and to whom he was unworthy to render the meanest service.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Joh 1:19-36. The Baptist's Testimony to Christ.

19. record—testimony.

the Jews—that is, the heads of the nation, the members of the Sanhedrim. In this peculiar sense our Evangelist seems always to use the term.