17 For (A)the Law was given through Moses; (B)grace and (C)truth [a]were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 (D)No one has seen God at any time; (E)the only begotten God who is (F)in the bosom of the Father, (G)He has explained Him.

The Testimony of John

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

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  1. John 1:17 Lit came to be

17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B) 18 No one has ever seen God,(C) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](D) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

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

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  2. 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.