John 1:31 “I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water…”

John 1:31

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

World English Bible

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

American Standard Version

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

Darby Translation

and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

Young's Literal Translation

and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

Bible in Basic English

I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

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Cross references

“I knew”

John 1:33 Luke 2:39–42 Luke 1:80

John 1:33 · BSB

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Luke 2:39–42 · BSB

When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Luke 1:80 · BSB

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

“but”

Malachi 3:1 John 1:7 Luke 1:17 Isaiah 40:3–5 Malachi 4:2–5 Luke 1:76–79

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of…

John 1:7 · BSB

He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

Luke 1:17 · BSB

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Isaiah 40:3–5 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Malachi 4:2–5 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Luke 1:76–79 · BSB

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

“therefore”

Matthew 3:6 Mark 1:3–5 Acts 19:4 Luke 3:3 Luke 3:4

Matthew 3:6 · BSB

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:3–5 · BSB

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Acts 19:4 · BSB

Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Luke 3:3 · BSB

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Luke 3:4 · BSB

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

32Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

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