YHN 3:28 Parallel Verse View

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

ULT You yourselves testify to me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before that one.’

UST You are surely witnesses to me saying that I am not the Messiah, but I am the one whom God has sent before the Messiah.

BSB You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

BLB You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him.'

AICNT You yourselves testify to me [that][fn] I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before that one.’

3:28, that: 𝔓66 𝔓75 Latin(a ff² ) NA28[ ] ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) A(02) D(05) Latin(b) BYZ TR SBLGNT THGNT

OEB You are yourselves witnesses that I said “I am not the Christ,” but “I have been sent before him as a messenger.”

LSB You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

WEBBE You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

WMBB You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

NET You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

LSV you yourselves testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am having been sent before Him;

FBV “You yourselves can testify that I declared, ‘I'm not the Messiah. I've been sent to prepare his way.’

TCNT You yourselves can [fn]testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent ahead of him.’

3:28 testify ¦ testify to me ANT CT PCK TR

T4T You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not ◄the Messiah/God’s promised king►. Instead, I told you that I was sent {that God sent me} to prepare the way for him.

LEB You yourselves testify about me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.’

BBE You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

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Wymth You yourselves can bear witness to my having said, `I am not the Christ,' but `I am His appointed forerunner.'

ASV Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

DRA You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

YLT ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

Drby Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

RV Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Wbstr Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

KJB-1769 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
(Ye/You_all yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Ye your selues beare me witnesse, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
(Ye/You_all yourselves bear me witnesse, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.)

3:28 Chap.1. 20.

Bshps Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym.
(Ye/You_all yourselves are witnesses, how that I said I am not Christ, but am sent before him.)

Gnva Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
(Ye/You_all yourselves are my witnesses, that I said, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him. )

Cvdl Ye youreselues are my witnesses, how that I sayde, I am not Christ, but am sent before him.
(Ye/You_all youreselues are my witnesses, how that I said, I am not Christ, but am sent before him.)

TNT Ye youre selves are witnesses how that I sayde: I am not Christ but am sent before him.
(Ye/You_all your(pl) selves are witnesses how that I said: I am not Christ but am sent before him. )

Wycl Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.
(Ye/You_all you self beren witnessing to me, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.)

Luth Ihr selbst seid meine Zeugen, daß ich gesagt habe, ich sei nicht Christus, sondern vor ihm her gesandt.
(You himself/itself seid my Zeugen, that I said have, I be not Christ, rather before/in_front_of him her sent.)

ClVg Ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis, quod dixerim: Non sum ego Christus: sed quia missus sum ante illum.[fn]
(Ipsi you to_me testimony perhibetis, that dixerim: Non I_am I Christus: but because missus I_am before illum. )

3.28 Non sum ego Christus. Non sum unctus a Patre plenitudine spiritus, sed de plenitudine illius accepi, ut illum præcurrerem.

3.28 Non I_am I Christus. Non I_am anointed from Patre plenitudine spiritus, but about plenitudine illius accepi, as him præcurrerem.

UGNT αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μοι μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι εἶπον, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλ’, ὅτι ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
(autoi humeis moi martureite hoti eipon, ouk eimi egō ho Ⱪristos, all’, hoti apestalmenos eimi emprosthen ekeinou.)

SBL-GNT αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς ⸀μοι μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι ⸀εἶπον· Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ χριστός, ἀλλʼ ὅτι Ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
(autoi humeis ⸀moi martureite hoti ⸀eipon; Ouk eimi egō ho ⱪristos, allʼ hoti Apestalmenos eimi emprosthen ekeinou.)

TC-GNT Αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς [fn]μαρτυρεῖτε ὅτι [fn]εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι Ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.
(Autoi humeis martureite hoti eipon, Ouk eimi egō ho Ⱪristos, all hoti Apestalmenos eimi emprosthen ekeinou. )

3:28 μαρτυρειτε ¦ μοι μαρτυρειτε ANT CT PCK TR

3:28 ειπον ¦ ειπον οτι NA ¦ ειπον εγω WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you

αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς

yourselves you_all

Here, You is plural and refers to all the people to whom John the Baptist is talking. Alternate translation: [You all] or [All of you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὅτι εἶπον, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλ’, ὅτι ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου

that ˱I˲_said not am I the Messiah but ¬that /having_been/_sent_out ˱I˲_am before that_‹one›

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [that I said that I am not the Christ but that I have been sent before that one]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου

/having_been/_sent_out ˱I˲_am before that_‹one›

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God sent me before that one]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐκείνου

that_‹one›

Here, that one refers to Jesus, whom John has called “the Christ” in the previous clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [Jesus] or [the Christ]

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