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John 4:1

When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

KJV

Ὡς οὖν ἔγνω ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἤκουσαν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ὅτι Ἰησοῦς πλείονας μαθητὰς ποιεῖ καὶ βαπτίζει ἢ Ἰωάννης,

Greek NT

Ut ergo cognovit Jesus quia audierunt pharisæi quod Jesus plures discipulos facit, et baptizat, quam Joannes

Vulgate

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

ASV

When Jesus therefore understood the Pharisees had heard that Jesus maketh more disciples and baptizeth more than John

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
e
particle · 346×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦς | Holmes/NA: Ἰησοῦς | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: κύριος
  • ἸησοῦςSBLGNT
  • ἸησοῦςSBLGNT, Nestle-Aland 27
  • κύριοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:5 — For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
  • Acts 8:38 — And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
  • Heb 6:2 — Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  • John 3:22 — After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
  • John 3:22 — After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
  • John 3:26 — And 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.
  • Matt 11:2 — Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,