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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?

KJV

Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου, ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευείτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν· σὺ τίς εἶ;

Greek NT

Et hoc est testimonium Joannis, quando miserunt Judæi ab Jerosolymis sacerdotes et Levitas ad eum ut interrogarent eum : Tu quis es ?

Vulgate

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

ASV

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λευΐτης
leuites
noun · 3×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ἱερεύς
iereus
noun · 33×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἀπέστειλαν | NIV/RP: ἀπέστειλαν | WH/Treg/NA: + πρὸς αὐτὸν
  • ἀπέστειλαν — SBLGNT
  • ἀπέστειλαν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + πρὸς αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§575Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction",321 but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the Gospel according to John often calls simply "the Jews",322 than for the ordinary People of God.323 To be sure, Christ's relations with the Pharisees were not exclusively polemical. Some Pharisees warn him of the danger he was courting;324 Jes…
1. I said the other day, that John, to resolve the doubts of those who should question with themselves how the Lord, though He came after to the preaching, became before and more glorious than he, added, for He was before me. And this is indeed one reason. But not content with this, he adds again a second, which now he declares. What is it? And of his fullness, says he, have al…
[Three Leaves from the Beginning.] 1. He who distinguishes in himself voice and meaning and things for which the meaning stands, will not be offended at rudeness of language if, on enquiry, he finds the things spoken of to be sound. The more may this be so when we remember how the holy men acknowledge their speech and their preaching to be not in persuasion of the wisdom of wor…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
The most important book for New Testament attestation. Contains: (1) The census of Quirinius (Ant. 18.1.1), explaining the political background of Luke 2:1-2. (2) The founding of the "fourth philosophy" (Zealots). (3) THE TESTIMONIUM FLAVIANUM (Ant. 18.3.3) — the most debated passage in ancient historiography, referencing Jesus as a wise man, a worker of wonderful deeds, teache…

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Acts 19:4 — Then 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.
  • John 1:7 — The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
  • John 5:15 — The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
  • John 5:33 — Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
  • John 7:1 — After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
  • John 10:24 — Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
  • John 10:24 — Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
  • 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;