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own; and yet, those who were | What sayest thou of thyself ?” 23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord :' as said the prophet Isaiah." 24 Now those who had been sent were of the Pharisees.

his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave authority to be the children of God, even to them who believe in his name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was flesh, and he dwelt among us: (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the well-beloved* who came from the Father,) full of kindness and truth; 16 for of his fulness we have all received; and favour for favour.

17 For the law was given by Moses; but favour and truth were by Jesus Christ. 18 No one hath seen God at any time; the well-beloved [Son] who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, "This is he of whom I said,He who cometh after me, is before me, for he is my chief." "+

19 AND this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites, from Jerusalem, to ask him, "Who art thou?" 20 and he confessed, and denied not, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." 21 And they asked him, "What then? Art thou Elijah ?" and he said, "I am not "Art thou the prophet?" and he answered, "No." 22 Then they said to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us.

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25 And they asked him, say. ing, "Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" 26 John answered them, saying, "I baptize in water: but there standeth one amongst you, whom ye know not; 27 even he who cometh after me; the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose."

28 These things passed in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day, he beheld Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said,

After me cometh a man, who is before me; for he is my principal.' 31 And I knew him not: but I, therefore, came baptizing in water, that he might be made manifest to Israel." 32John also bare witness, saying, "I saw the spirit coming down from heaven as a dove; and it abode on him. 33 And I

knew him not: but he who sent me to baptize in water, had said to me, upon whom thou shalt see the spirit coming down and abiding, this is he who baptizeth in a holy spirit.' 34 And I saw, and bare witness

well-beloved.] "only son," Im. Ver. "only begotten," Newcome. See the lengthy notes on this subject, in the improved version.

The connexion requires that the fifteenth verse should be placed between the eighteenth and nineteenth. See Boyer's Conjectures, and Wakefield in loco.

that this is the Son of God." | 46 Then Nathanael said to him, 35 ON the next day, John "Can any good thing come out was again standing, and two of Nazareth?" Philip replied, of his disciples: 36 and he" Come and see." looked on Jesus, who was walk- 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming, and said, "Behold the ing to him, and said of him, Lamb of God." 37 And the two" Behold an Israelite indeed, disciples heard him speak, and in whom is no guile." 48 Nafollowed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus thanael said to him, "Whence turned, and seeing them fol- knowest thou me?" Jesus anlowing, said to them, "What swering, said to him, "Before seek ye?" And they said to Philip called thee, when thou him, "Rabbi, (which signifieth, wast under the fig-tree, I saw being interpreted, Teacher,) thee." 49 Nathanael answered, where dwellest thou?" 39 He and said to him, "Rabbi, thou said to them, "Come and see." art the Son of God; thou art They came and saw where he the king of Israel." 50 Jesus dwelt, and abode with him that answered and said to him, "Beday (now it was about the cause I said to thee, I saw tenth hour). thee under the fig-tree,' believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these." 51 Then Jesus said to him, " Verily, verily I say to you, [Hereafter] ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man."

40 One of the two that heard John speak, and followed Jesus, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 The first he met with, was his own brother Simon, and he said to him, "We have found the Messiah :" (which is, being interpreted, the Christ.) 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking on him, said, "Thou art Simon, the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas:" (which being interpreted, is, Rock.)†

43 The day following, Jesus purposed to go into Galilee; and met Philip, and said to him, "Follow me." 44 (Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.) 45 Philip met Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

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Or, the anointed. + Ergos Peter, that is, Rock.

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the manner of purifying among the Jews, containing each, two or three baths. † 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water-pots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 Then he said to them, "Draw out now, and bear to the governor of the feast." And they did so. 9 And when the governor of the feast had tasted the water which was made wine, and knew not from whence it was; (but the servants who drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, "Every man, at first, setteth on good wine; and when men have drunk largely, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now."

11 This beginning of miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory: and his disciples believed in him.

12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they remained there not many days.

of the exchangers, and overturned their tables; 16 and said to those who sold doves, "Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise." 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of thy house consumeth me."

18 Then the Jews spake and said to him, "What sign dost thou show to us, since thou dost these things?" 19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 Then the Jews said, " Forty and six years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up. in three days?" 21 But he spake concerning the temple of his body. 22 When, therefore, he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this [to them]: and they believed the scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

23 NOW, while he was in Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, many believed in his name, having seen the miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all: 25 and because he needed not that any should testify of man: for he himself knew what was in man.

13 NOW the passover of the Jews was near; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem; 14 and found in the temple those who sold cattle, and sheep, and doves; and the money-changers sitting there: 15 and, having made a CH. III. 1 Now there was a Scourge of small cords, he man of the Pharisees, named drove them all out of the tem- Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: ple, and the sheep, and the cat-2 this man came to Jesus, by tle; and poured out the money | night, and said to him, "Rabbi,

The LXX use the word in the original for the bath, which contained about seven gallons and for the seah, which contained one third of the path. 2. Chron. iv. 5; 1 Kings xviii. 32.

we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no one can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him." 3 Jesus answered, and said to him, "Verily, verily, I say to thee, Unless a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to thee, Unless a man be born of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God: 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. 7 Wonder not that I said to thee, Ye must be born from above. 8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest its sound, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth so is every one that is born of the spirit."

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earthly things, and ye believe not; how will ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? 13 Now no one hath ascended up to heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of man, [who is in heaven.]†

14" And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 that every one who believeth in him may [not perish, but] have aionian life." 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his well-beloved Son, ‡ that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have aionian life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world, through him, might be saved.

18" He who believeth in him, shall not be condemned: but he who believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the name of the well-beloved‡ Son of God.

19"And this is the condemnation; that light is come into the world, and yet men have loved darkness rather than light: for their deeds were evil: 20 for every one who doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be discovered. 21 But he who doth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made because they are

9 Nicodemus answered, and said to him, "How can these things be?" 10 Jesus answered, and said to him, "Art thou a teacher in Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and yet ye receive not our testimony. 12 If I have told you manifest,

IIVEUμa, in this verse is rendered both wind and spirit; literally, it signifies air in motion; i. e. wind, breath, &c. but figuratively, its meaning is very extensive, and must always be determined by the nature of the subject with which it is in connexion.

"Who is in heaven.] This clause is wanting in some of the best copies. If its authenticity is allowed, it is to be understood of the knowledge which Christ possessed of the Father's will See John i. 18." Im. Ver. note.

See chap. i. 14, 18, note.

wrought with confidence in God."

22 AFTER these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John, also, was baptizing in Enon, near Salem; because there was much water there; and the people came, and were baptized. 24 For John had not yet been cast into prison.

25 Then a question arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew, about cleansing. 26 And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, of whom thou bearest witness, behold, he baptizeth, and all come to him." 27 John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before his face.'

33" He that hath received his testimony, hath set his seal that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for [God] giveth him not the spirit by measure.

35"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hands. 36 He who believeth on the Son, hath aionian life and he who disbelieveth the Son, will not see life; but the displeasure ofGod continueth towards him."*

CH. IV. 1 WHEN, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that he made and baptized more disciples than John; 2 (though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples); 3 he left Judea, and went [again] into Galilee. 4 Now he must needs go through Samaria. 5 He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the portion of 29"He that hath the bride, land which Jacob gave to his is the bridegroom: but the son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well friend of the bridegroom, who was there. And Jesus, being standeth and heareth him, re-wearied with the journey, sat joiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy, therefore, is complete. 30 He must increase, but I de

crease.

31 "He that cometh from above, is above all: he that is from the earth, is from the earth, and speaketh from the earth he that cometh from heaven [is above all; 32 and] what he hath seen and heard [that] he testifieth; and yet no one re.ceiveth his testimony.

down by the well. (It was about the sixth hour.)

7 A woman of Samaria having come to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Give me to drink." 8 (For his disciples were gone to the city, that they might buy food.)

9 Then the Samaritan woman said to him, "Why dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan?" (for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.) 10 Jesus an

* "Vengeance of God," &c. Campbell: "the anger of God abideth on him." Im. Ver.

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