John 1:6 Parallel Translations
NASB: There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: God sent a man named John to be his messenger.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
ASV: There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
BBE: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
DBY: There was a man sent from God, his name John.
ERV: There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
WEY: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
WBS: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
WEB: There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
YLT: There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name is John,
John 1:6 Cross References
XREF:Matthew 3:1 Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 1:6 {4} There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
(4) There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, by the consideration of which men are in good time stirred up, even to John's voice, who is as it were the herald of Christ.
PNT: 1:6 There was a man sent from God. The writer now speaks of a witness to the Light, John, a man sent from God (Joh 1:7,8). He was called to his work from his mother's womb (Lu 1:13-17).
WES: 1:6 There was a man - The evangelist now proceeds to him who testified of the light, which he had spoken of in the five preceding verse s.
MHC: 1:6-14 John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to it. Christ was the true Light; that great Light which deserves to be called so. By his Spirit and grace he enlightens all that are enlightened to salvation; and those that are not enlightened by him, perish in darkness. Christ was in the world when he took our nature upon him, and dwelt among us. The Son of the Highest was here in this lower world. He was in the world, but not of it. He came to save a lost world, because it was a world of his own making. Yet the world knew him not. When he comes as a Judge, the world shall know him. Many say that they are Christ's own, yet do not receive him, because they will not part with their sins, nor have him to reign over them. All the children of God are born again. This new birth is through the word of God as the means, 1Pe 1:23, and by the Spirit of God as the Author. By his Divine presence Christ always was in the world. But now that the fulness of time was come, he was, after another manner, God manifested in the flesh. But observe the beams of his Divine glory, which darted through this veil of flesh. Men discover their weaknesses to those most familiar with them, but it was not so with Christ; those most intimate with him saw most of his glory. Although he was in the form of a servant, as to outward circumstances, yet, in respect of graces, his form was like the Son of God His Divine glory appeared in the holiness of his doctrine, and in his miracles. He was full of grace, fully acceptable to his Father, therefore qualified to plead for us; and full of truth, fully aware of the things he was to reveal.
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