YHN 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And he confessed—and he did not deny, but confessed—“I am not the Christ.”

AICNT And he did not deny, [and he confessed,][fn] “I am not the Christ.”

1:20, and he confessed: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) Latin(e) Sahidic

OEB he told them clearly and simply, ‘I am not the Christ.’

LSB And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

WEBBE He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”

WMBB He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah.”

NET He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!”

LSV And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

FBV John declared plainly and clearly without hesitation, “I am not the Messiah.”

TCNT He did not refuse to answer, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

T4T So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “I am not ◄the Messiah/God’s chosen king►!”

LEB And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—“I am not the Christ!”

BBE He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

Moff he frankly confessed — he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."

Wymth He avowed—he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ."

ASV And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

DRA And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.

YLT and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

Drby And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

RV And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

SLT And he acknowledged, and denied not; and he acknowledged, That I am not the Christ.

Wbstr And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

KJB-1769 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

KJB-1611 And he confessed, and denied not: but confessed, I am not the Christ.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And he confessed and denyed not, and sayde playnely, I am not that Christe.
(And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly, I am not that Christ.)

Gnva And he confessed and denied not, and said plainely, I am not that Christ.
(And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly, I am not that Christ. )

Cvdl And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ.
(And he confessed and denied not. And he confessed, and said: I am not Christ.)

TNT And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnly: I am not Christ.
(And he confessed and denied not and said plainly: I am not Christ. )

Wycl He knoulechide, and denyede not, and he knoulechide, For Y am not Crist.
(He acknowledged, and denied not, and he acknowledged, For I am not Christ.)

Luth Und er bekannte und leugnete nicht; und er bekannte: Ich bin nicht Christus.
(And he knowne and denied not; and he knowne: I am not Christ.)

ClVg Et confessus est, et non negavit, et confessus est: Quia non sum ego Christus.[fn]
(And confessus it_is, and not/no denied, and confessus it_is: Because not/no I_am I Christ/Messiah. )

1.20 Confessus est. Confessus est, ut postea dicit, non quod erat Christus. Non negavit quod erat, id est, quod esset præcursor, ut post interrogatus dicit: Ego vox clamantis. Ordo verborum, et confessus est et non negavit quando miserunt.

1.20 Confessus it_is. Confessus it_is, as afterwards he_says, not/no that was Christ/Messiah. Not/No denied that was, that it_is, that was beforecursor, as after asksus he_says: I voice crying. Order(n) of_words, and confessus it_is and not/no denied when they_sent.

UGNT καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν, ὅτι ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ὁ Χριστός.
(kai hōmologaʸsen kai ouk aʸrnaʸsato, kai hōmologaʸsen, hoti egō ouk eimi ho Ⱪristos.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι ⸂Ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ⸃ ὁ χριστός.
(kai hōmologaʸsen kai ouk aʸrnaʸsato, kai hōmologaʸsen hoti ⸂Egō ouk eimi⸃ ho ⱪristos.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ὡμολόγησεν, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο· καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ χριστός.
(Kai hōmologaʸsen, kai ouk aʸrnaʸsato; kai hōmologaʸsen hoti Ouk eimi egō ho ⱪristos.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ὡμολόγησε, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο· καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι [fn]Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός.
(Kai hōmologaʸse, kai ouk aʸrnaʸsato; kai hōmologaʸsen hoti Ouk eimi egō ho Ⱪristos. )

1:20 ουκ ειμι εγω ¦ εγω ουκ ειμι CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:19–28: John the Baptist said that he was not the Messiah

In this section John the Baptist told messengers from the Jewish leaders that he himself was not the Messiah. He had come to prepare people for the coming of someone else, someone much greater than he was. He was referring to Jesus.

Here are other possible section headings:

John the Baptist said that he prepared people for someone much greater than him

John the Baptist told about his mission

John the Baptist was not the Messiah

Paragraph 1:19–23

The Jewish religious leaders sent priests and Levites to John to ask him who he claimed to be. They believed that he had no right to baptize if God had not sent him. He told them that he was preparing people to believe in the Messiah, the Chosen One. He quoted from Isaiah the prophet about a voice shouting in the wilderness to describe himself.

1:20a

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared,

He did not refuse to answer, but freely admitted,
John explained clearly/honestly and openly,
He made it very clear that

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared: The word confess here means to declare something to be true. It does not mean that John admitted that he sinned. The Greek text says the same thing three times. It says it twice as a positive statement (“confessed…confessed”) and once as a negative statement (“did not deny it”). However, in some languages it may be natural to emphasize this in a different way and say it only once or twice, like the BSB does. For example:

He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely (NIV)

He quickly declared the truth

He told them plainly (CEV)

1:20b

“I am not the Christ.”

“I am not the Messiah/Christ.”
“I am not the Messiah, the Chosen/Appointed One.”
he was not the Christ, the Promised Savior.

I am not the Christ: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates literally as the Christ is a title. The Jews used this title to refer to the person whom God had promised to send to save Israel. Both the Greek word Christ and the Hebrew word “Messiah” mean “anointed one.” To anoint someone means “to put oil on someone to indicate that they have a special purpose.” When the term is used for Jesus as the Messiah, it refers to the person that God appointed for a special purpose. See the note on Christ at 1:17b.

General Comment on 1:19–20

The event in John 1:19a is the same one described in 1:20a and occurs after 1:19b-c. In some languages it may be natural to translate these verses in the order in which they happened. For example:

^19bThe leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers ^19cto ask John who he was. ^19a–20He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.” (CEV)

Parallel YHN 1:20

Section 1:19–28: John the Baptist said that he was not the Messiah

Paragraph 1:19–23

1:20a

1:20b

General Comment on 1:19–20