John 1:1-30 ▼

1 In the beginning was the Word {Logos}, and the Word was with God {Theon}, and the Word was God {Theos}.

2 He was with God {Theon} in the beginning.

3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome (comprehended) it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God {Theou}. His name was John (YHWH is gracious).

7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

9 The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God {Theou}—

13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God {Theou}.

14 The Word {Logos} became flesh and made His dwelling among us (and tabernacled among us). We have seen His glory {doxan}, the glory of the one and only Son (the Only Begotten) from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John (YHWH is gracious) testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

17 For the law was given through Moses (drawn out); grace and truth came through Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One).

18 No one has ever seen God {Theon}, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God {Theos} and [but the only begotten Son, who] is at the Father’s side \in the Father’s bosom/, has made Him known.

19 And this was John’s (YHWH is gracious) testimony when the Jews (people of praise) of Jerusalem (city of peace) sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?

20 He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ (the Anointed One).

21 “Then who are you? they inquired. “Are you Elijah (my God is YHWH)? He said, “I am not. “Are you the Prophet? He answered, “No.

22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah (YHWH saves) the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness (solitary place), ‘Make straight the way for the Lord .’”

24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent

25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize (submerge), if you are not the Christ (the Anointed One), nor Elijah (my God is YHWH), nor the Prophet?

26 “I baptize (submerge) with (in) water, John (YHWH is gracious) replied, “but among you⁺ stands One you⁺ do not know.

27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.

28 All this happened at Bethany (house of affliction) beyond the Jordan (flowing down), where John (YHWH is gracious) was baptizing (submerging).

29 The next day John saw Jesus (YHWH saves) coming toward him and said, “Look (behold), the Lamb of God {Theou}, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.