The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 This is (A)the testimony of John, when (B)the Jews sent priests and Levites to him (C)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

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John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(A) testimony when the Jewish leaders[a](B) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.

10 So (A)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and (B)it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

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10 and so the Jewish leaders(A) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(B)

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15 The man went away, and informed (A)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(A) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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Jesus’ Equality with God

18 For this reason therefore (A)the Jews (B)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, (C)making Himself equal with God.

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18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(A) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(B)

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