Giovanni 1
La Nuova Diodati
1 Nel principio era la Parola e la Parola era presso Dio, e la Parola era Dio.
2 Egli (la Parola) era nel principio con Dio.
3 Tutte le cose sono state fatte per mezzo di lui (la Parola), e senza di lui nessuna delle cose fatte è stata fatta.
4 In lui era la vita e la vita era la luce degli uomini.
5 E la luce risplende nelle tenebre e le tenebre non l'hanno compresa.
6 Vi fu un uomo mandato da Dio, il cui nome era Giovanni,
7 Questi venne come testimone per rendere testimonianza alla luce, affinché tutti credessero per mezzo di lui;
8 egli non era la luce, ma fu mandato per rendere testimonianza della luce.
9 Egli (la Parola) era la luce vera, che illumina ogni uomo che viene nel mondo.
10 Egli (la Parola) era nel mondo, e il mondo fu fatto per mezzo di lui, ma il mondo non lo ha conosciuto.
11 Egli è venuto in casa sua, e i suoi non lo hanno ricevuto,
12 ma a tutti coloro che lo hanno ricevuto, egli ha dato l'autorità di diventare figli di Dio, a quelli cioè che credono nel suo nome,
13 i quali non sono nati da sangue né da volontà di carne, né da volontà di uomo, ma sono nati da Dio.
14 E la Parola si è fatta carne ed ha abitato fra di noi, e noi abbiamo contemplato la sua gloria, come gloria dell'unigenito proceduto dal Padre, piena di grazia e di verità.
15 Giovanni testimoniò di lui e gridò, dicendo: «Questi è colui del quale dicevo: Colui che viene dopo di me mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me.
16 E noi tutti abbiamo ricevuto dalla sua pienezza grazia sopra grazia.
17 Poiché la legge è stata data per mezzo di Mosé, ma la grazia e la verità sono venute per mezzo di Gesú Cristo.
18 Nessuno ha mai visto Dio; l'unigenito Figlio, che è nel seno del Padre, è colui che lo ha fatto conoscere.
19 E questa è la testimonianza di Giovanni, quando i Giudei gli inviarono da Gerusalemme dei sacerdoti e dei leviti per domandargli: «Chi sei tu?».
20 Egli lo dichiarò e non lo negò, e dichiarò: «Io non sono il Cristo»,
21 Allora essi gli domandarono: «Chi sei dunque? Sei tu Elia?». Egli disse: «Non lo sono!». «Sei tu il profeta?». Ed egli rispose: «No!».
22 Essi allora gli dissero: «Chi sei tu, affinché diamo una risposta a coloro che ci hanno mandato? Che dici di te stesso?».
23 Egli rispose: «Io sono la voce di colui che grida nel deserto: Raddrizzate la via del Signore, come disse il profeta Isaia».
24 Or coloro che erano stati mandati venivano dai farisei;
25 essi gli domandarono e gli dissero: «Perché dunque battezzi, se tu non sei il Cristo, né Elia, né il profeta?».
26 Giovanni rispose loro. dicendo: «Io battezzo con acqua, ma in mezzo a vo i sta uno che non conoscete.
27 Egli è colui che viene dopo di me e che mi ha preceduto, a cui io non sono degno di sciogliere il legaccio dei sandali».
28 Queste cose avvennero in Betabara al di là del Giordano, dove Giovanni battezzava.
29 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni vide Gesú che veniva verso di lui e disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio, che toglie il peccato del mondo!
30 Questi è colui del quale dissi: "Dopo di me viene un uomo che mi ha preceduto, perché era prima di me"
31 Io non lo conoscevo, perciò sono venuto a battezzare con acqua, affinché egli fosse manifestato in Israele».
32 E Giovanni testimoniò, dicendo: «Io ho visto lo Spirito scendere dal cielo come una colomba e fermarsi su di lui.
33 Io non lo conoscevo, ma colui che mi mandò a battezzare con acqua mi disse: "Colui sul quale vedrai scendere lo Spirito e fermarsi su di lui, è quello che battezza con lo Spirito Santo".
34 Ed io ho visto ed ho attestato che questi è il Figlio di Dio».
35 Il giorno seguente, Giovanni era nuovamente là con due dei suoi discepoli.
36 E, fissando lo sguardo su Gesú che passava, disse: «Ecco l'Agnello di Dio».
37 E i due discepoli, avendolo sentito parlare, seguirono Gesú.
38 Ma Gesú, voltatosi e vedendo che lo seguivano, disse loro: «Che cercate?» Essi gli dissero: «Rabbi (che, tradotto; vuol dire maestro), dove abiti?».
39 Egli disse loro: «Venite e vedete». Essi dunque andarono e videro dove egli abitava, e stettero con lui quel giorno. Era circa l'ora decima.
40 Andrea, fratello di Simon Pietro, era uno dei due che avevano udito questo da Giovanni e avevano seguito Gesú.
41 Costui trovò per primo suo fratello Simone e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato il Messia che, tradotto, vuol dire: "Il Cristo"»;
42 e lo condusse da Gesú. Gesú allora, fissandolo, disse: «Tu sei Simone, figlio di Giona; tu sarai chiamato Cefa che vuol dire: sasso».
43 Il giorno seguente, Gesú desiderava partire per la Galilea; trovò Filippo e gli disse: «Seguimi».
44 Or Filippo era di Betsaida, la stessa città di Andrea e di Pietro.
45 Filippo trovò Natanaele e gli disse: «Abbiamo trovato colui, del quale hanno scritto Mosé nella legge e i profeti: Gesú da Nazareth, il figlio di Giuseppe».
46 E Natanaele gli disse: «Può venire qualcosa di buono da Nazaret?». Filippo gli disse: «Vieni e vedi».
47 Gesú vide venirgli incontro Natanaele e disse di lui: «Ecco un vero Israelita, in cui non c'è inganno».
48 Natanaele gli disse: «Come fai a conoscermi?». Gesú gli rispose, dicendo: «Ti ho visto quando eri sotto il fico, prima che Filippo ti chiamasse».
49 Natanaele, rispondendogli, disse: «Maestro, tu sei il Figlio di Dio tu sei il re d'Israele».
50 Gesú rispose e gli disse: «Poiché ho detto di averti visto sotto il fico, tu credi; vedrai cose maggiori di queste».
51 Poi gli disse: «In verità, in verità io vi dico che da ora in poi vedrete il cielo aperto e gli angeli di Dio salire e scendere sopra il Figlio dell'uomo».
John 1
New King James Version
The Eternal Word(A)
1 In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. 2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. 3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men. 5 And (J)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a (K)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (L)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (M)believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (N)Light. 9 (O)That[b] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and (P)the world did not know Him. 11 (Q)He came to His [c]own, and His [d]own did not receive Him. 12 But (R)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 (S)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 (T)And the Word (U)became (V)flesh and dwelt among us, and (W)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (X)full of grace and truth.
15 (Y)John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, (Z)‘He who comes after me [f]is preferred before me, (AA)for He was before me.’ ”
16 [g]And of His (AB)fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For (AC)the law was given through Moses, but (AD)grace and (AE)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (AF)No one has seen God at any time. (AG)The only begotten [h]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness(AH)
19 Now this is (AI)the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 (AJ)He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you (AK)the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”
22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said: (AL)“I am
(AM)‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, (AN)“I baptize with water, (AO)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (AP)It is He who, coming after me, [i]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
28 These things were done (AQ)in [j]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God(AR)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! (AS)The Lamb of God (AT)who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [k]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, (AU)therefore I came baptizing with water.”
32 (AV)And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, (AW)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the (AX)Son of God.”
The First Disciples
35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, (AY)“Behold the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they (AZ)followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”
They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was (BA)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [l]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [m]Jonah. (BB)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [n]A Stone).
Philip and Nathanael
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found (BC)Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now (BD)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (BE)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom (BF)Moses in the law, and also the (BG)prophets, wrote—Jesus (BH)of Nazareth, the (BI)son of Joseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him, (BJ)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (BK)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, (BL)You are the Son of God! You are (BM)the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (BN)hereafter[o] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- John 1:5 Or overcome
- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
- John 1:11 His own things or domain
- John 1:11 His own people
- John 1:12 authority
- John 1:15 ranks higher than I
- John 1:16 NU For
- John 1:18 NU God
- John 1:27 ranks higher than I
- John 1:28 NU, M Bethany
- John 1:30 ranks higher than I
- John 1:41 Lit. Anointed One
- John 1:42 NU John
- John 1:42 Gr. Petros, usually translated Peter
- John 1:51 NU omits hereafter
John 1
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 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 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth 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.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
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