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  • John 1:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 26 John answered them: “I baptize in water. One is standing among you whom you do not know,

  • John 1:26
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 26 ἀπεκρίθη Answered αὐτοῖς to them ὁ the Ἰωάνης John λέγων saying ᾿Εγὼ I βαπτίζω am baptizing ἐν in ὕδατι· water; μέσος middle ὑμῶν of YOU στήκει (one) is standing ὃν whom ὑμεῖς YOU οὐκ not οἴδατε, have known,

  • John 1:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 26 John answered them, saying: “I baptize* in water. In the midst+ of YOU one is standing whom YOU do not know,+

  • John 1:26
    The Bible in Living English
    • 26 John answered “I baptize in water; in your midst stands he whom you do not know,

  • John 1:26
    American Standard Version
    • 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

  • John 1:26
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 26 John answered them saying—I immerse in water. In the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not;—

  • John 1:26
    King James Version
    • 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:26

      baptize: Or “immerse; dip.” The Greek word ba·ptiʹzo means “to dip; to plunge.” Other Biblical references indicate that baptism involves complete immersion. On one occasion, John was baptizing at a location in the Jordan Valley near Salim “because there was a great quantity of water there.” (Joh 3:23) When Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, they both “went down into the water.” (Ac 8:38) The same Greek word is used in the Septuagint at 2Ki 5:14 when describing that Naaman “plunged into the Jordan seven times.”

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