John 1:19-34

Tree of Life Version

John’s Witness to Israel’s Leaders

¹⁹ This is John’s testimony, when the Judean leaders sent kohanim and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰ He openly admitted and did not deny; he admitted, “I am not the Messiah.”

²¹ “What then? Are you Elijah?” they asked him.

“I am not,” said John.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he answered.

²² So they said to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

²³ He said, “I am ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of Adonai,”’^[a] as the prophet Isaiah said.”

²⁴ Now those sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They asked him, “If you’re not the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet, why then are you immersing?”

²⁶ “I immerse in water,” John answered. “Among you stands One you do not know, ²⁷ coming after me, whose sandals I’m not worthy to untie.” ²⁸ These things happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

Behold, the Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day, John sees Yeshua coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb^[b] of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is the One about whom I told you, ‘He who comes after me is above me, because He was before me.’ ³¹ I didn’t know Him, but I came immersing with water so that He might be revealed to Israel.”

³² Then John testified, “I have seen the Ruach coming down like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on Him. ³³ I did not know Him; but the One who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘The One on whom you see the Ruach coming down and remaining, this is the One who immerses in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.’ ³⁴ And I have seen and testified that this is Ben-Elohim.”^[c]