KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
John 1:26–28
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John 1:26
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
26Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not,
John 1:27
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
27*He it is, who comming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose.
- Mat. 3.11. acts 19.4.
John 1:28
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordane, where Iohn was baptizing.
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DEFINED WORDS
John 1:26
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Stands: is upright, remains, endures, takes a position, or presents itself.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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John 1:27
The act of approaching or arriving.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Regarded above others; elevated in station.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A covering worn on the foot.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A thong, strap, or lace used for fastening a shoe.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth; as a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.
Meaning drawn from: Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · KJV usage (PCE)
To untie, release, set free, or loosen from restraint.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
John 1:28
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
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Open the full verse study10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
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Open the full verse study16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Open the full verse study8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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Open the full verse study16Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
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Open the full verse study1BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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Open the full verse study25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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Open the full verse study3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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Open the full verse study3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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Open the full verse study1BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
From verse 27
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Open the full verse study16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Open the full verse study30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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Open the full verse study7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
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Open the full verse study11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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Open the full verse study15¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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Open the full verse study4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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Open the full verse study23¶ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
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Open the full verse study24¶ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
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Open the full verse study26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
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Open the full verse study5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
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