31I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.|


In Context

28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, |Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'

31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.|

32 John testified, saying, |I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

33 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

John 1:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:31and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing with water.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.