begotten from a authorities read his glory, glory as of 'the only begotten from the Or, an only 15 Father), full of grace and truth. John beareth wit-father ness of him, and crieth, saying, "This was he of 2 Some ar.cient whom I said, He that cometh after me is become (this was he that said). 16 before me: for he was before me. For of his ful3 Gr. first in 17 ness we all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by 18 Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; 'the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19 regard of me. Or, through Many very ancient authorities read God only begotten. certain had been And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to 20 ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? 22 And he answered, No. They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them 23 that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the pro24 phet. And they had been sent from the Pharisees. Or, And 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then sent from baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither among the 26 Elijah, neither the prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize 'with water: in the midst of you Or, in 27 standeth one whom ye know not, even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am 28 not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away 30 the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me : 31 for he was before me. And I knew him not; but 10 Gr. first in rethat he should be made manifest to Israel, for this gard of me. 32 cause came I baptizing 'with water. And John bare 29 witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize 'with water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth 'with the Holy Spirit. 8 Many ancient authorities read some, Bethara Bethabarah, bah. or, beareth the sin Or, Teacher And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is 34 the Son of God. Again on the morrow John was standing, and two 35 of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as he 36 walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And 37 the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. And Jesus turned, and beheld them follow- 38 ing, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, 'Master), where abidest thou? He saith unto 39 them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day it was about the tenth hour. One of the 40 two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He findeth first his 41 own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, 2Christ). He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked 42 upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of called in Matt. John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, 'Peter). That is, Anointed. 3 Gr. Joanes: xvi. 17, Jonah. That is, Rock or Stone. On the morrow he was minded to go forth into 43 Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, 44 of the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth 45 Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And 46 Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith 47 of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest 48 thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou 49 art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel. Jesus 50 answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And 51 he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 2 I And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of 2 Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the 3 marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of 4 Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with 5 thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do 6 it. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or 7 three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to 8 the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the 'ruler of the feast. And they bare 1 Or, steward 9 it. And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants which had drawn the water knew), 10 the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse thou hast kept the good wine until now. 11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and there they abode not many days. Or, that it had become 13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and 14 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, 15 and the changers of money sitting: and he made a Scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the 16 changers' money, and overthrew their tables; and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of 17 merchandise. His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house shall eat me up. 18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou 19 doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will Or, sanctuary 20 raise it up. The Jews therefore said, Forty and six 1 Or, sanctuary years was this 'temple in building, and wilt thou raise 2 Or, a man: for...the man 8 Or, from above it up in three days? But he spake of the 'temple of 21 his body. When therefore he was raised from the 22 dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, 23 during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did. But Jesus did not trust 24 himself unto them, for that he knew all men, and 25 because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man. I Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named 1 3 Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came unto 2 him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, 3 verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born 3anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus 4 saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, 5 I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that 6 which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that 7 Or, The Spirit I said unto thee, Ye must be born 3anew. The wind 8 bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, 9 How can these things be? Jesus answered and said 10 unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto 11 thee, We speak that we do know, and bear witness of that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how 12 shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? And 13 no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in 14 breatheth Many ancient authorities omit which is in heaven. the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted 15 up: that whosoever believeth may in him have eter-Or, believeth nal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should 17 not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that 18 the world should be saved through him. in him may have He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed 19 on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgement, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the 20 light; for their works were evil. For every one that 'doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, 21 lest his works should be 'reproved. But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, 'that they have been wrought Or, because in God. 22 2 4 Or, practiseth waters. After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, 23 and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water Gr. were many 24 there and they came, and were baptized. For John 25 was not yet cast into prison. There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew 26 about purifying. And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same 27 baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have 28 been given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I 29 am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is ful30 filled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He that cometh from above is above all he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth wit33 ness; and no man receiveth his witness. He that hath Some ancient he that cometh from heaven beareth witness of what he hath authorities read seen and heard. |