John 1:20
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
KJV
καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ὁ Χριστός.
Greek NT
Et confessus est, et non negavit, et confessus est : Quia non sum ego Christus.
Vulgate
And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
ASV
And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀρνέομαι
arneomai
verb · 33×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμολογέω
omologeo
verb · 26×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ | RP: Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ
- Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ — SBLGNT
- Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
[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…
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.
- John 1:8 — He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
- John 1:25 — And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
- John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- 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.
- 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: