Juan 1
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La Palabra se hizo hombre
1 Antes que nada existiera, ya existía la Palabra,[a] y la Palabra estaba con Dios porque aquel que es la Palabra era Dios.
2 Él estaba con Dios en el principio.
3 Por medio de él todas las cosas fueron creadas, y no existe nada que él no haya creado.
4 En él estaba la vida, y la vida era también la luz de la humanidad.
5 Esta luz brilla en la oscuridad, y la oscuridad no puede apagarla.
6-7 Dios envió como testigo a un hombre llamado Juan, para que les hablara a todos de la luz, y por medio de él todos creyeran. 8 Juan no era la luz; él sólo vino a guiar a todos hacia la luz. 9 La luz verdadera, la que alumbra a todo ser humano, ya estaba por llegar a este mundo.
10 El que es la luz estaba en el mundo, y Dios creó el mundo por medio de él, pero el mundo no lo reconoció. 11 Vino a este mundo, que es suyo, y los suyos no lo recibieron. 12 Pero a todos los que lo recibieron, a los que creen en él, les dio el derecho de ser hijos de Dios. 13 Los hijos de Dios no nacen de la sangre, ni por deseos naturales o por voluntad humana, sino que nacen de Dios.
14 Y la Palabra se hizo hombre y habitó entre nosotros. Y hemos visto su gloria, la gloria que le pertenece al Hijo único del Padre, en el que abundan el amor y la verdad.
15 Juan habló de él y, a voz en cuello, gritó: «Este es del que yo les había dicho que venía después de mí. Pero él es más importante que yo, porque existía antes que yo».
16 De la abundancia que hay en él, todos hemos recibido bendición sobre bendición. 17 Por medio de Moisés recibimos la ley mientras que por medio de Jesucristo recibimos el amor y la verdad.
18 A Dios nadie lo ha visto nunca; pero el Hijo único, que es Dios mismo y siempre está en unión con el Padre, nos ha enseñado cómo es, para que así lo podamos conocer.
Juan el Bautista niega ser el Cristo
19 Los judíos de Jerusalén enviaron sacerdotes y ayudantes del templo para que le preguntaran a Juan quién era él. Esto es lo que Juan les respondió:
20 ―Yo no soy el Cristo.
Así dijo sin negarse a confesarlo claramente.
21 Le preguntaron:
―¿Y quién eres entonces? ¿Eres acaso Elías?
Él respondió:
―No lo soy.
―¿Eres el Profeta?
―No.
22 Le dijeron:
―¿Quién eres entonces? Tenemos que llevar una respuesta a los que nos enviaron. ¿Qué puedes decir de ti mismo?
23 Juan respondió con las palabras del profeta Isaías:
―Yo soy la voz del que grita en el desierto: “Preparen un camino recto para el Señor”.
24 Los enviados de los fariseos 25 le preguntaron:
―Si no eres el Cristo, ni Elías ni el Profeta, ¿por qué bautizas?
26 Juan respondió:
―Yo bautizo con agua, pero entre ustedes hay alguien a quien ustedes no conocen, 27 que viene después de mí. A él, yo ni siquiera merezco desatarle la correa de las sandalias.
28 Todo esto ocurrió en Betania, el pueblo que está en el lado este del río Jordán, donde Juan estaba bautizando.
Jesús, el Cordero de Dios
29 Al día siguiente Juan vio que Jesús se acercaba a él, y exclamó: «¡Aquí viene el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo! 30 Él es aquel de quien dije: “Después de mí viene un hombre que es más importante que yo, porque existía antes que yo”. 31 Yo no lo conocía, pero vine bautizando con agua para que él se diera a conocer al pueblo de Israel». 32 Juan añadió: «Yo vi al Espíritu descender del cielo en forma de paloma y posarse sobre él. 33 Yo mismo no lo conocía, pero el que me mandó a bautizar con agua me dijo: “Cuando veas al Espíritu descender y posarse sobre alguien, ese es el que bautiza con el Espíritu Santo”. 34 Yo lo he visto y por eso les aseguro que este es el Hijo de Dios».
Los primeros discípulos de Jesús
35 Al día siguiente, Juan estaba con dos de sus discípulos en el mismo lugar. 36 Cuando vio que Jesús pasaba por allí, dijo:
―¡Aquí viene el Cordero de Dios!
37 Al oír esto, los dos discípulos siguieron a Jesús. 38 Jesús volvió la cabeza, y viendo que lo seguían, les preguntó:
―¿Qué buscan?
Ellos contestaron:
―Rabí, (Rabí significa: Maestro) ¿dónde vives?
39 Jesús les respondió:
―Vengan y vean.
Ellos fueron con él, vieron dónde vivía, y puesto que eran como las cuatro de la tarde, se quedaron con él ese día.
40 Andrés, hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían seguido a Jesús después de oír a Juan. 41 Andrés, al primero que encontró fue a su hermano Simón y le dijo:
―Hemos encontrado al Mesías (es decir, al Cristo).
42 Entonces Andrés llevó a Simón a donde estaba Jesús.
Jesús lo miró fijamente y le dijo:
―Tú eres Simón, el hijo de Juan. De ahora en adelante te llamarás Cefas (o sea, Pedro).
Jesús llama a Felipe y a Natanael
43 Al día siguiente, Jesús decidió ir a Galilea. Allí se encontró con Felipe y le dijo:
―Sígueme.
44 Felipe era de Betsaida, el mismo pueblo de donde eran Pedro y Andrés.
45 Felipe fue a buscar a Natanael y le dijo:
―Hemos encontrado a aquel de quien escribió Moisés en la ley y del que también escribieron los profetas. Es Jesús de Nazaret, el hijo de José.
46 Natanael replicó:
―¿Acaso puede salir algo bueno de Nazaret?
Felipe le contestó:
―Ven y te convencerás.
47 Cuando Jesús vio que Natanael se le acercaba, dijo:
―Aquí viene un verdadero israelita, en el que no hay engaño.
48 Natanael le preguntó:
―¿De dónde me conoces?
―Te vi cuando aún estabas debajo de la higuera, antes que Felipe te llamara.
49 Natanael exclamó:
―Maestro, ¡tú eres el Hijo de Dios! ¡Tú eres el Rey de Israel!
50 ―¿Lo crees sólo porque te dije que te vi cuando estabas debajo de la higuera? Pues vas a ver cosas más grandes que estas.
Y siguió diciendo:
51 ―Les aseguro que ustedes verán abrirse el cielo, y a los ángeles de Dios subir y bajar sobre el Hijo del hombre.
Footnotes
- 1.1 Literalmente, «el Verbo», término que significa Cristo, la sabiduría y el poder de Dios, la primera causa de todas las cosas y la manifestación personal de Dios ante los hombres, la segunda Persona de la Trinidad.
John 1
International Children’s Bible
Christ Comes to the World
1 Before the world began, there was the Word.[a] The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were made through him. Nothing was made without him. 4 In him there was life. That life was light for the people of the world. 5 The Light shines in the darkness. And the darkness has not overpowered[b] the Light.
6 There was a man named John[c] who was sent by God. 7 He came to tell people about the Light. Through him all people could hear about the Light and believe. 8 John was not the Light, but he came to tell people about the Light. 9 The true Light was coming into the world. The true Light gives light to all.
10 The Word was in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him. 11 He came to the world that was his own. But his own people did not accept him. 12 But some people did accept him. They believed in him. To them he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They did not become his children in the human way. They were not born because of the desire or wish of some man. They were born of God.
14 The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth. 15 John told about him. He said, “This is the One I was talking about. I said, ‘The One who comes after me is greater than I am. He was living before me.’”
16 The Word was full of grace and truth. From him we all received more and more blessings. 17 The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the Father.[d] And the Son has shown us what God is like.
John Tells People About Jesus
19 The Jews in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to John.[e] The Jews sent them to ask, “Who are you?”
20 John spoke freely and did not refuse to answer. He said clearly, “I am not the Christ.”
21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”[f]
He answered, “No, I am not Elijah.”
Then they asked, “Are you the Prophet?”[g]
He answered, “No, I am not the Prophet.”
22 Then they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to tell those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“I am the voice of a man
calling out in the desert:
‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’” Isaiah 40:3
24 In the group of Jews who were sent, there were some Pharisees. 25 They said to John: “You say you are not the Christ. You say you are not Elijah or the Prophet. Then why do you baptize people?”
26 John answered, “I baptize people with water. But there is one here with you that you don’t know. 27 He is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings of his sandals.”
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River. This is where John was baptizing people.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God.[h] He takes away the sins of the world! 30 This is the One I was talking about. I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’ 31 Even I did not know who he was. But I came baptizing with water so that the people of Israel could know who he is.”
32-33 Then John said, “I did not know who the Christ was. But God sent me to baptize with water. And God told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. That man is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’” John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven. The Spirit looked like a dove and rested on him. 34 I have seen this happen. So I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.’”[i]
The First Followers of Jesus
35 The next day John[j] was there again with two of his followers. 36 He saw Jesus walking by and said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”[k]
37 The two followers heard John say this. So they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following him. He asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” (“Rabbi” means “Teacher.”)
39 Jesus answered, “Come with me and you will see.” So the two men went with Jesus. They saw the place where Jesus was staying and stayed there with him that day. It was then about four o’clock.
40 These two men followed Jesus after they heard about him from John. One of the men was Andrew. He was Simon Peter’s brother. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother, Simon. He said to Simon, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ.”)
42 Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at Simon and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.”[l])
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, where Andrew and Peter lived. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “Remember that Moses wrote in the law about a man who was coming, and the prophets also wrote about him. We have found him. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth.”
46 But Nathanael said to Philip, “Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip answered, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him. He said, “Here is truly a person of Israel. There is nothing false in him.”
48 Nathanael asked, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered, “I saw you when you were under the fig tree. That was before Philip told you about me.”
49 Then Nathanael said to Jesus, “Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.”
50 Jesus said to Nathanael, “You believe in me because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. But you will see greater things than that!” 51 And Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth. You will all see heaven open. You will see ‘angels of God going up and coming down’[m] on the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- 1:1 Word The Greek word is “logos,” meaning any kind of communication. It could be translated “message.” Here, it means Christ. Christ was the way God told people about himself.
- 1:5 overpowered This can also be translated, “understood.”
- 1:6 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).
- 1:18 But . . . Father. This could be translated, “But the only God is very close to the Father.” Also, some Greek copies read “But the only Son is very close to the Father.”
- 1:19 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).
- 1:21 Elijah A man who spoke for God. He lived hundreds of years before Christ.
- 1:21 Prophet They probably meant the prophet that God told Moses he would send (Deuteronomy 18:15–19).
- 1:29, 36 Lamb of God Name for Jesus. Jesus is like the lambs that were offered for a sacrifice to God.
- 1:34 the Son of God Some Greek copies read “God’s Chosen One.”
- 1:35 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).
- 1:29, 36 Lamb of God Name for Jesus. Jesus is like the lambs that were offered for a sacrifice to God.
- 1:42 Peter The Greek name “Peter,” like the Aramaic name “Cephas,” means “rock.”
- 1:51 ‘angels . . . down’ These words are from Genesis 28:12.
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