Joh 1:31-34 | NASB2020 | STEP | And I did not recognize Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel , I came baptizing in water .”

g Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5

John 1:31-34

31 And I did not recognize ^{▼▼I.e., as the Messiah}Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing ^{▼▼The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by}in water.” 32 And John ^ctestified, saying, “ ^dI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33 And I did not recognize ^{▼▼I.e., as the Messiah}Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^{▼▼The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by}in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^gthis is the One who baptizes ^{▼▼The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by}in the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ⁱthe ^{▼▼One early ms Chosen One of}Son of God.”