26John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,


In Context

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

24 And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

26 John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

27 he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

John 1:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:26"I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, |I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not;