| John 1:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | John didn't refuse to answer. He told them clearly, "I'm not the Messiah."(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| ASV: | And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| BBE: | He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ. |
| DBY: | And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ. |
| ERV: | And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| WEY: | He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ." |
| WBS: | And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| WEB: | He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ." |
| YLT: | and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- 'I am not the Christ.' |
| John 1:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Luke 3:15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,
John 3:28 "You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.' (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 1:20 And he {g} confessed, and {h} denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
(g) He did acknowledge him, and spoke of him plainly and openly.
(h) This repeating of the one and the selfsame thing, though in different words, is often used by the Hebrews, and it has great force, for they used to speak one thing twice in order to set it out more certainly and plainly. |
| PNT: | 1:20,21 He confessed, etc. Some conjectured that John was the expected Christ; others that he was Elijah who was first to come (Mal 4:5); others that he was that prophet, the one predicted by Moses (De 18:15); but he declared that he was none of these. |
| WES: | 1:20 I am not the Christ - For many supposed he was. |
| MHC: | 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. |
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