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Mark 1:9

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

KJV

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου.

Greek NT

Et factum est : in diebus illis venit Jesus a Nazareth Galilææ : et baptizatus est a Joanne in Jordane.

Vulgate

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.

ASV

And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in Jordan.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαλιλαία
galilaia
noun · 62×
Ναζαρέθ
nazareth
noun · 12×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰορδάνης
iordanes
noun · 15×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου | RP: ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην
  • εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ ἸωάννουSBLGNT
  • εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ ἸωάννουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου εἰς τὸν ἸορδάνηνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

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

  • 2Kgs 5:12 — Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
  • Luke 3:21 — Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
  • Luke 3:21 — Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
  • Matt 2:23 — And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
  • Matt 3:13 — Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.