Johannes 1
En Levende Bok
Gud ble menneske
1 Ved tidenes begynnelse var allerede Ordet[a]. Ordet var hos Gud, og Ordet var Gud. 2 Han var hos Gud allerede ved tidenes begynnelse. 3 Gud lot ham skape alt som finnes til. Det finnes ikke noe som ikke har blitt skapt av ham. 4 Alt liv kommer fra ham, og livet hans er lyset for menneskene. 5 Hans lys skinner i mørket, og mørket kan aldri slokke det.
6 Gud sendte døperen Johannes 7 for å fortelle om lyset, slik at alle kunne begynne å tro på grunn av budskapet hans. 8 Johannes var ikke lyset. Han var bare den som skulle gjøre lyset kjent. 9 Det sanne lyset, han som er hele menneskehetens lys, skulle nå komme inn i verden.
10 Men til tross for at Gud hadde betrodd ham å skape verden, så kjente ikke verden ham igjen da han kom. 11 Ikke en gang i hans eget land og blant hans eget folk tok de imot ham. 12 Men alle de som tok imot ham, ga han retten til å bli Guds barn. Ja, alle som tror på ham, får den samme retten. 13 De blir født på nytt, men ikke gjennom noen fysisk fødsel som et resultat av menneskelige følelser og handlinger. Nei, de blir født av Gud selv.
14 Og Ordet ble menneske og levde blant oss her på jorden. Vi så hans herlighet, den herlighet som den eneste Sønnen har fått fra sin Far i himmelen. Gjennom Sønnen har vi lært å kjenne Far i himmelen og hans kjærlighet og tilgivelse.
15 Døperen Johannes talte om Sønnen og ropte til folket: ”Det var ham jeg talte om da jeg sa: ’Han som kommer etter meg, betyr mer enn jeg, for han var til før jeg ble til.[b]’ ”
16 Ja, han var fylt av kjærlighet og tilgivelse, og gang på gang har vi fått oppleve hans godhet mot oss. 17 Moses ga oss loven[c]. Det er ved Jesus Kristus[d], den lovede kongen, som vi har lært å kjenne Gud og hans kjærlighet og tilgivelse. 18 Ingen har noen gang sett Gud, men hans eneste Sønn, som selv er Gud og er nær Far i himmelen, han har vist oss hvem han er.
Døperen Johannes taler om Jesus
19-20 De religiøse lederne sendte prester og tempeltjenere fra Jerusalem for å spørre døperen Johannes om han var Messias[e], den lovede kongen. Johannes forklarte åpent og ærlig: ”Nei, jeg er ikke Messias.”
21 ”Hvem er du da?” spurte de. ”Er du Elia[f]?”
”Nei”, svarte han.
”Er du profeten som skulle komme og holde fram Guds budskap?”[g]
”Nei”, svarte han.
22 Da sa de: ”Fortell oss hvem du er! Noe svar må vi kunne gi til dem som har sendt oss. Hva sier du om deg selv?”
23 Johannes svarte ved å sitere det Gud har sagt om ham ved profeten Jesaja. Han sa: ”Jeg er en stemme som roper i ørkenen: ’Gjør veien rett for Herren![h]’ ”
24 De som var blitt sendt ut av fariseerne[i], 25 spurte ham: ”Hvorfor døper du folk dersom du verken er Messias eller Elia eller den profeten som Gud skulle sende?”
26 Johannes svarte: ”Jeg døper dere med vann, men midt iblant dere står en som dere ikke kjenner. 27 Han er den som kommer etter meg, og han er så mektig at jeg ikke en gang er verdig til å knytte opp remmene på sandalene[j] hans.”
28 Dette skjedde i Betania, en by på den andre siden av elven Jordan der Johannes døpte.
Jesus er Guds lam
29 Neste dag fikk døperen Johannes se Jesus komme mot seg, og han sa: ”Der er Guds lam, han som tar bort synden hos menneskene. 30 Det var om ham jeg talte da jeg sa: ’Etter meg kommer en som betyr mer enn jeg, for han var til før jeg ble til.’ 31 Jeg visste ikke på forhånd hvem han var, men jeg er kommet for å døpe med vann, slik at Israels folk skal se hvem han er.”
32 Johannes fortalte: ”Jeg så Guds Ånd komme ned fra himmelen som en due og bli over han. 33 Jeg visste ikke på forhånd hvem han var, men da Gud sendte meg for å døpe med vann, sa han til meg: ’Når du ser Ånden komme ned og bli over en person, da vet du at han er den som døper med min Hellige Ånd.’ 34 Jeg så at dette skjedde, og derfor kan jeg vitne om at han er Guds sønn[k].”
De første disiplene
35 Dagen etter sto døperen Johannes der igjen med to av disiplene. 36 Da Jesus kom gående forbi så Johannes på han og sa: ”Der er Guds lam!”
37 De to disiplene til Johannes hørte dette og begynte å følge etter Jesus. 38 Jesus vendte seg om og så at de fulgte etter ham, og han spurte: ”Er det noe dere vil?”
De svarte: ”Rabbi, som betyr mester, hvor bor du?”
39 Jesus sa: ”Kom, bli med meg og se.” De gikk med ham til det stedet der han bodde. Klokken var rundt fire på ettermiddagen da de fulgte med, og de ble hos ham til kvelden. 40 Den ene av de to som hadde hørt det Johannes sa, og seinere fulgt etter Jesus, var Andreas, Simon Peter sin bror.
41 Det første Andreas etterpå gjorde var å lete opp sin bror Simon. Da han fant ham, sa han: ”Vi har funnet Messias, den lovede kongen”. Messias betyr den som er salvet.[l] 42 Han tok med seg broren til Jesus. Jesus så på Simon og sa: ”Du er Simon, sønn av Johannes. Du skal få navnet Peter, som betyr klippen.[m]”
43 Dagen etterpå tenkte Jesus å gå til Galilea. Da møtte han Filip og sa til han: ”Kom og bli min disippel.” 44 Filip var fra Betsaida, som var Andreas og Peter sin hjemby.
45 Filip gikk for å lete opp Natanael og sa til ham: ”Vi har funnet den mannen som Moseloven og profetene[n] skriver om. Han heter Jesus og er sønn til Josef fra Nasaret.”
46 ”Nasaret!” utbrøt Natanael. ”Kan det komme noe godt fra Nasaret?”
”Kom og undersøk selv”, svarte Filip.
47 Da Jesus så Natanael nærme seg, sa han: ”Se der, her kommer en ærlig og oppriktig mann, en ekte israelitt[o].”
48 ”Hvordan kan du kjenne meg?” undret Natanael.
Jesus svarte: ”Jeg så deg under fikentreet før Filip fant deg.”
49 Da utbrøt Natanael: ”Mester, du er Guds sønn, Israels konge!”
50 Jesus sa til ham: ”Tror du dette bare fordi jeg sa at jeg så deg under fikentreet? Du kommer til å få større bevis enn som så. 51 Jeg forsikrer at dere skal få se himmelen åpen og Guds engler stige ned og stige opp over meg, Menneskesønnen[p].”[q]
Footnotes
- 1:1 ”Ordet” kunne for grekerne bety ”tanken, det prinsipp som styrer universet”. For jødene betydde det ”Gud”.
- 1:15 Menneskelig sett var Johannes seks måneder eldre enn Jesus! Se Lukas sin fortelling om Jesus 1:26.
- 1:17 Moseloven, eller den jødiske loven, finnes skrevet ned i Første til Femte Mosebok.
- 1:17 ”Kristus” betyr ”den salvede” på gresk. Blant Israels folk ble konger, prester og profeter salvet med olje før de begynte oppgaven sin. Gud hadde ved profetene lovet å sende en salvet konge som skulle herske over alle folk. Jødene ventet på at denne kongen skulle gjenopprette Israel som nasjon. Det hebraisk ordet ”Messias” betyr også ”den salvede”.
- 1:19-20 Det hebraisk ordet ”Messias” har samme betydningen som det greske ”Kristus”. Se fotnoten til 1:17.
- 1:21 Elia var en profet som bar fram Guds budskap, og som i stedet for å dø ble ført rett opp til Gud. Se Andre Kongebok 2:1-11.
- 1:21 Se Femte Mosebok 18:15,18, der Moses sier at en profet lik ham skal komme.
- 1:23 Se Jesaja 40:3.
- 1:24 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene.
- 1:27 Dette var en oppgave for slaver.
- 1:34 En del håndskrifter har: Guds utvalgte.
- 1:41 I grunnteksten: Messias betyr Kristus. Begge ordene betyr ”den salvede”, det vil si den som ble innviet til konge.
- 1:42 I grunnteksten: Du skal bli kalt Kefas, det betyr Peter. Kefas er ”fjellet” på arameisk, som var morsmålet til Jesus.
- 1:45 Moseloven og profetenes bok er to av delene i den jødiske Skriften, det vil si Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente. Den tredje delen er salmene.
- 1:47 Israelitt er et annet navn for jøde. Israelitt betyr etterkommere til Israel, som også het Jakob. Se Første Mosebok 32:27-28. Jakob hadde en sønn som het Juda, og han har gitt navn til jødene.
- 1:51 ”Menneskesønnen” er et hebraisk ord for å si ”av mennesker”. Det var en tittel på Messias, den lovede kongen, hentet fra Daniel 7:13-14.
- 1:51 Se fortellingen om Jakobs stige i Første Mosebok 28:10-17.
John 1
Legacy Standard Bible
The Deity of Jesus Christ
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of men. 5 (H)And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
The Witness of John the Baptist
6 There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was [b](I)John. 7 [c]He came [d](J)as a witness, to bear witness about the Light, (K)so that all might believe through him. 8 [e](L)He was not the Light, but he came to bear witness about the Light.
9 There was (M)the true Light [f]which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone. 10 He was in the world, and (N)the world [g]was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to what was His [h]own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become (O)children of God, even (P)to those who believe in His name, 13 (Q)who were [i]born, not of [j]blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Became Flesh
14 And (R)the Word (S)became flesh, and [k](T)dwelt among us, and (U)we beheld His glory, glory as of the [l]only begotten from the Father, full of (V)grace and (W)truth. 15 John *(X)bore witness about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘(Y)He who comes after me [m]has been ahead of me, (Z)for He existed before me.’” 16 For of His (AA)fullness [n]we have all received, and grace [o]upon grace. 17 For (AB)the Law was given through Moses; (AC)grace and (AD)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (AE)No one has seen God at any time; (AF)the only begotten God who is (AG)in the bosom of the Father, (AH)He has explained Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness
19 And this is (AI)the witness of John, when (AJ)the [p]Jews sent to him priests and Levites (AK)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “(AL)I am not the [q]Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you (AM)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you (AN)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 Therefore, they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am (AO)a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the [r]Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the [s]Christ, nor Elijah, nor (AP)the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, saying, “(AQ)I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27 This One is (AR)He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the (AS)strap of His sandal.” 28 These things took place in Bethany (AT)beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the next day, he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, (AU)the Lamb of God who (AV)takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘(AW)After me comes a man who has been [t]ahead of me, (AX)for He existed before me.’ 31 I did not know [u]Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing with water.” 32 And John (AY)bore witness saying, “(AZ)I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He abided on Him. 33 And I did not know [v]Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, (BA)this is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I myself have seen, and have borne witness that this is (BB)the Son of God.”
Behold, the Lamb of God
35 (BC)On the next day, John again was standing [w]with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, (BD)the Lamb of God!” 37 And the two disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus. 38 And when Jesus turned and noticed them following, He *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “(BE)Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” 39 He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day. It was about the [x]tenth hour. 40 (BF)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the (BG)Messiah” (which translated means [y]Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. When Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of (BH)John; you shall be called (BI)Cephas” (which is translated [z](BJ)Peter).
43 (BK)On the next day, He desired to go into (BL)Galilee, and He *found (BM)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “(BN)Follow Me.” 44 Now (BO)Philip was from (BP)Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 (BQ)Philip *found (BR)Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom (BS)Moses in the Law and also (BT)the Prophets wrote—Jesus of (BU)Nazareth, (BV)the son of Joseph.” 46 And Nathanael said to him, “(BW)Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” (BX)Philip *said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said about him, “Behold, truly an (BY)Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael *said to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before (BZ)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered Him, “(CA)Rabbi, You are (CB)the Son of God; You are the (CC)King of Israel.” 50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see (CD)the heavens opened and (CE)the angels of God ascending and descending on (CF)the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- John 1:2 Lit This one
- John 1:6 Gr Joannes, Heb Johanan; so in John
- John 1:7 Lit This one
- John 1:7 Lit for testimony
- John 1:8 Lit That one
- John 1:9 Or which enlightens every person coming into the world
- John 1:10 Or came into being, cf. John 1:3
- John 1:11 Or own things
- John 1:13 Or begotten
- John 1:13 Lit bloods
- John 1:14 Or tabernacled, dwelt temporarily
- John 1:14 Or unique, only one of His kind
- John 1:15 Or has a higher rank than
- John 1:16 Lit we all received
- John 1:16 Lit for
- John 1:19 Often refers to Jewish leaders in John’s gospel
- John 1:20 Messiah
- John 1:23 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
- John 1:25 Messiah
- John 1:30 Or has a higher rank than
- John 1:31 As the Messiah
- John 1:33 As the Messiah
- John 1:35 Lit and
- John 1:39 10 a.m.
- John 1:41 Gr Christos; lit Anointed One
- John 1:42 Gr Petros; lit stone
John 1
New International Version
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) 2 He was with God in the beginning.(D) 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) 4 In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(J) 7 He came as a witness to testify(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(L) 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light(M) that gives light to everyone(N) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(O) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(P) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(Q) in his name,(R) he gave the right to become children of God(S)— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(T)
14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)
15 (John testified(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(Z) 16 Out of his fullness(AA) we have all received grace(AB) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(AD) 18 No one has ever seen God,(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b](AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders[c](AH) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(AI)
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AJ)
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”(AK)
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d](AM)
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[e] water,”(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AP)
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AQ) where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!(AS) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AT) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(AU) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AW) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f](AX)
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AY)
35 The next day John(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(BA)
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi”(BB) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(BC) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).(BE)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”(BG)
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(BH) 45 Philip found Nathanael(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BL) the son of Joseph.”(BM)
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BN) Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”(BP)
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(BQ) you are the Son of God;(BR) you are the king of Israel.”(BS)
50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open,(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BU) on’[k] the Son of Man.”(BV)
Footnotes
- John 1:5 Or understood
- John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
- 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.
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
- John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
- John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
- John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 Gen. 28:12
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