Acts 13:25
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
KJV
ὡς δὲ ἐπλήρου ὁ Ἰωάννης τὸν δρόμον, ἔλεγεν· τί ἐμὲ ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ· ἀλλ’ ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετ’ ἐμὲ οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν λῦσαι.
Greek NT
Cum impleret autem Joannes cursum suum, dicebat : Quem me arbitramini esse, non sum ego : sed ecce venit post me, cujus non sum dignus calceamenta pedum solvere.
Vulgate
And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.
ASV
And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he whom you think me to be. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Ἰωάννης — SBLGNT
- Ἰωάννης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ Ἰωάννης — Robinson-Pierpont
- Τί ἐμὲ — SBLGNT
- Τί ἐμὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Τίνα με — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Tim 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
- John 1:19 — And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
- John 1:20 — And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
- John 1:26 — John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
- Luke 3:15 — And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
- Mark 1:7 — And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Mark 1:7 — And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Matt 3:11 — I 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: