John 1
Lexham English Bible
The Prologue to John’s Gospel
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 This one was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and apart from him not one thing came into being that[a] has come into being. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.[b] 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome[c] it.
6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was[d] John. 7 This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him. 8 That one was not the light, but came[e] in order that he could testify about the light. 9 The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize[f] him. 11 He came to his own things, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But as many as received him—to those who believe in his name—he gave to them authority to become children of God, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This one was he about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’” 16 For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him[g] known.
John the Baptist Testifies to Jesus
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent[h] priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—“I am not the Christ!” 21 And they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?”[i] And he answered, “No!” 22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said,
“I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,
“Make straight the way of the Lord,”’[j]
just as Isaiah the prophet said.” 24 (And 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 Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water. In your midst stands one whom you do not know— 27 the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie[k] the strap of his sandal!” 28 These things took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ 31 And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water.”
32 And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him. 33 And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, ‘The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him—this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One[l] of God.
Two of John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35 On the next day again John was standing there,[m] and two of his disciples, 36 and looking at Jesus as he[n] was walking by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” 37 And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him,[o] said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means when[p] translated “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 tenth hour).
Andrew Declares Jesus to be the Messiah
40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. 41 This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is interpreted “Peter”).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” 44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets wrote about—Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!” 46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see!”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Look! A true Israelite[q] in whom is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you[r] were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the 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 all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- John 1:3 Or “came into being. What …,” beginning a new sentence connected with the following verse. A major punctuation problem is involved, since the earliest manuscripts have no punctuation, but some important later ones place the punctuation before this phrase, effectively connecting it to v. 4: “What has come into being was life in him”
- John 1:4 Or “humankind”
- John 1:5 Or “comprehend” (if primarily referring to people in the world)
- John 1:6 Literally “the name to him”
- John 1:8 The verb is implied from the previous verse, and must be supplied in the English translation
- John 1:10 Or “acknowledge”
- John 1:18 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 1:19 Some manuscripts have “sent to him”
- John 1:21 A reference to the “Prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15 (see Acts 3:22)
- John 1:23 A quotation from Isa 40:3
- John 1:27 Literally “that I might untie”
- John 1:34 Some manuscripts have “the Son of God”
- John 1:35 *The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 1:36 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“walking by”) which is understood as temporal
- John 1:38 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 1:38 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“translated”) which is understood as temporal
- John 1:47 Literally “truly an Israelite”
- John 1:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal
Juan 1
Reina Valera Contemporánea
La Palabra hecha carne
1 En el principio ya existía la Palabra.
La Palabra estaba con Dios,
y Dios mismo era la Palabra.[a]
2 La Palabra estaba en el principio con Dios.
3 Por ella fueron hechas todas las cosas.
Sin ella nada fue hecho
de lo que ha sido hecho.
4 En ella estaba la vida,
y la vida era la luz de la humanidad.
5 La luz resplandece en las tinieblas,
y las tinieblas no prevalecieron contra ella.
6 Hubo un hombre enviado de Dios, el cual se llamaba Juan.(A) 7 Éste vino por testimonio, para dar testimonio de la luz, a fin de que todos creyeran por él. 8 Él no era la luz, sino que vino para dar testimonio de la luz.
9 La Palabra, la luz verdadera,
la que alumbra a todo hombre,
venía a este mundo.
10 En el mundo estaba,
y el mundo fue hecho por ella,
pero el mundo no la conoció.
11 La Palabra vino a lo suyo,
pero los suyos no la recibieron.
12 Pero a todos los que la recibieron,
a los que creen en su nombre,
les dio la potestad de ser hechos hijos de Dios;
13 los cuales no son engendrados de sangre,
ni de voluntad de carne,
ni de voluntad de varón,
sino de Dios.
14 Y la Palabra se hizo carne,
y habitó entre nosotros, y vimos su gloria
(la gloria que corresponde al unigénito del Padre),
llena de gracia y de verdad.
15 Juan dio testimonio de ella, y clamó diciendo: «De ella es de quien yo decía: “Viene después de mí, pero es anterior a mí; porque ya existía antes que yo.”»
16 Ciertamente de su plenitud tomamos todos,
y gracia sobre gracia.
17 La ley fue dada por medio de Moisés,
pero la gracia y la verdad vinieron
por medio de Jesucristo.
18 A Dios nadie lo vio jamás;
quien lo ha dado a conocer es el Hijo unigénito,
que está en el seno del Padre.
Testimonio de Juan el Bautista(B)
19 Éste es el testimonio de Juan. Cuando los judíos enviaron desde Jerusalén sacerdotes y levitas para que le preguntaran: «Tú, ¿quién eres?», 20 Juan confesó, y no negó, sino que confesó: «Yo no soy el Cristo.» 21 Y le preguntaron: «Entonces, ¿qué? ¿Eres Elías?»(C) Dijo: «No lo soy.» «¿Entonces eres el profeta?»(D) Y él respondió: «No.» 22 Le dijeron: «¿Quién eres, entonces? Para que demos respuesta a los que nos enviaron, ¿qué dices de ti mismo?» 23 Juan dijo: «Yo soy la voz que clama en el desierto: “Enderecen el camino del Señor”, como dijo el profeta Isaías.»(E)
24 Los que habían sido enviados eran de los fariseos, 25 y le preguntaron: «Entonces, si tú no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el profeta, ¿por qué bautizas?» 26 Juan les respondió: «Yo bautizo con agua; pero en medio de ustedes está uno, a quien ustedes no conocen. 27 Éste viene después de mí, del cual no soy digno de desatar la correa de su calzado.» 28 Estas cosas sucedieron en Betábara, al otro lado del Jordán, donde Juan estaba bautizando.
El Cordero de Dios
29 El siguiente día Juan vio que Jesús venía hacia él, y dijo: «Éste es el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo. 30 Él es de quien yo dije: “Después de mí viene un varón, el cual es antes de mí; porque era primero que yo.” 31 Yo no lo conocía; pero vine bautizando con agua para esto: para que él fuera manifestado a Israel.» 32 Juan también dio testimonio y dijo: «Vi al Espíritu descender del cielo como paloma, y permanecer sobre él. 33 Yo no lo conocía; pero el que me envió a bautizar con agua me dijo: “Aquél sobre quien veas que el Espíritu desciende, y que permanece sobre él, es el que bautiza con el Espíritu Santo.” 34 Y yo lo he visto, y he dado testimonio de que éste es el Hijo de Dios.»
Los primeros discípulos
35 Al día siguiente, Juan estaba de nuevo allí con dos de sus discípulos. 36 Al ver a Jesús, que andaba por allí, dijo: «Éste es el Cordero de Dios.» 37 Los dos discípulos lo oyeron hablar, y siguieron a Jesús. 38 Jesús se volvió y, al ver que lo seguían, les dijo: «¿Qué buscan?» Ellos le dijeron: «Rabí (que traducido significa “Maestro”), ¿dónde vives?» 39 Les dijo: «Vengan y vean.» Ellos fueron, y vieron donde vivía, y se quedaron con él aquel día, porque ya eran como las cuatro de la tarde. 40 Andrés, el hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían oído a Juan y habían seguido a Jesús. 41 Éste halló primero a Simón, su hermano, y le dijo: «Hemos hallado al Mesías (que traducido significa “el Cristo”).» 42 Entonces lo llevó a Jesús, quien al verlo dijo: «Tú eres Simón, el hijo de Jonás; tú serás llamado Cefas[b] (que quiere decir, Pedro[c]).»
Jesús llama a Felipe y a Natanael
43 Al día siguiente, Jesús quiso ir a Galilea, y halló a Felipe y le dijo: «Sígueme.» 44 Felipe era de Betsaida, la ciudad de Andrés y Pedro. 45 Y Felipe halló a Natanael y le dijo: «Hemos hallado a aquél de quien escribió Moisés en la ley, y también los profetas: a Jesús, el hijo de José, de Nazaret.» 46 Natanael le dijo: «¿Y de Nazaret puede salir algo bueno?» Y le dijo Felipe: «Ven a ver.» 47 Cuando Jesús vio que Natanael se le acercaba, dijo de él: «Aquí tienen a un verdadero israelita, en quien no hay engaño.» 48 Natanael le dijo: «¿Y de dónde me conoces?» Jesús le respondió: «Te vi antes de que Felipe te llamara, cuando estabas debajo de la higuera.» 49 Natanael le dijo: «Rabí, ¡tú eres el Hijo de Dios!; ¡tú eres el Rey de Israel!» 50 Jesús le respondió: «¿Crees sólo porque te dije que te vi debajo de la higuera? ¡Pues cosas mayores que éstas verás!» 51 También le dijo: «De cierto, de cierto les digo, que de aquí en adelante verán el cielo abierto, y a los ángeles de Dios subir y bajar(F) sobre el Hijo del Hombre.»
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software
Copyright © 2009, 2011 by Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas