Yohan (John) 5:30–47 — The unbelief of the religious leaders

OET-RV by cross-referenced section YHN 5:30

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Yhn 1:19-27:

1:19 The interrogation of Yohan-the-immerser

(Mat. 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-18)

19 Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) explained some of this when the Jewish leaders sent out priests and temple workers from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to ask him, “Who are you?”

20 He didn’t flinch from the truth and so he told them, “I am not the chosen messiah.”

21 So they asked him again, “Are you Eliyah (Elijah) come back to life?”[ref]

And he answered, “No, I’m not.”

They asked, “Are you the prophet?”[ref]

Again he answered, “No, I’m not.”

22 So they asked him, “Who are you then? We need to give an answer to the ones who sent us. How do you describe yourself?”

23 So he said, “I am a voice shouting[fn] in the wilderness smooth the path of Yahweh,[ref] as the prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) said.”

24 Some of the ones sent out were members of the Farisaios party. 25 These ones asked Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), “So why are you immersing people then if you aren’t the messiah or Eliyah (Elijah) or the prophet?”

26 He answered, “I’m immersing people in water, but somewhere here among us all there’s someone you don’t know—27 the one coming after me, and I’m not even good enough to untie his sandal straps!”

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19 And this is the testimony of_ the _Yōannaʸs, when the Youdaiōns sent _out priests and Levites from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), in _order _that they _may _ask him:
Who are you?

20 And he _confessed and not disowned, but confessed, that I am not the chosen _one /messiah.

21 And they _asked him, What therefore?
Are you Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh)?
And he _is _saying:
I _am not.
Are you the prophet?
And he _answered:
No.

22 Therefore they _said to _him:
Who are _you?
In _order _that we _may _give an_answer to _the ones having _sent us.
What are _you _saying about yourself?

23 He _was _saying:
I am A_voice shouting in the wilderness straighten the way of_the_master, as Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet said.

24 And having _been _sent _out they _were from the Farisaios_party.

25 And they _asked him and they _said to _him:
Therefore why you _are _immersing, if you not are the chosen _one /messiah, nor Aʸlias, nor the prophet?

26 The Yōannaʸs answered to _them saying:
I am _immersing in water, in_the_midst of _you _all one _has _stood whom you _all have_ not _known,

27 the one coming after me, of _whom I am not worthy that I _may _untie the strap of _the sandal of _him.

1:23 We’ve deliberately omitted putting a comma here, because it’s also possible that the comma should go after ‘wilderness’.

1:21: Mal 4:5.

1:21: Deu 18:15 ,18.

1:23: Isa 40:3 (LXX).

3:27-30:

27 “None of us get anything if it’s not being given from heaven,” Yohan answered. 28 “You yourselves know that I said that I’m not the messiah,[ref] but rather the one coming before him. 29 It’s the groom that has the bride—the best man is happy because he sees that the groom is happy. So I’m actually completely happy with all this. 30 It’s right and proper that he should increase and I should fade out.”