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


In Context

28 These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

29 on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

30 this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

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

32 And John testified, saying — 'I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

33 and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayest see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:31I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.|

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.