And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
The 1611 reading
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therfore am I come baptizing with water.
KJV dictionary & concordance
A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:18
Complete exact-word concordance
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therfore am I come baptizing with water.
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
And needed not that any should testifie of man: for hee knew what was in man.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue eternall life.
¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
¶ For God so loued y e world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
1611 marginal note1.Iohn 4.9.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For euery one that doeth euill, hateth the light, neither commeth to the light, lest his deeds should be reproued.
1611 marginal noteOr, discouered.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
That all men should honour the Son, euen as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not y e Sonne, honoreth not y e Father which hath sent him.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Then those men, when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did, said, This is of a trueth that Prophet that should come into the world.
And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
And this is the Fathers wil which hath sent me, that of all which he hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but should raise it vp againe at the last day.
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
But there are some of you that beleeue not. For Iesus knew from the beginning, who they were that beleeued not, and who should betray him.
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that should betray him, being one of the twelue.
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The preterit of shall, but now used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past time or conditional present. 'He should have paid the debt at the time the note became due.' Should here denotes past time. 'I should ride to town this day if the weather would permit.' Here should expresses present or future time conditionally. […] When should in this person is uttered without emphasis, it declares simply that an event would take place, on some condition or under circumstances.