John 1:26
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
In other versions
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
ASV
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
BBE
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
DBY
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
WEB
John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,
YLT
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom all of you know not;
ENG
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
WBT
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
BSB
In context
24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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