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17 For (A)the Law was given through Moses; (B)grace and (C)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (D)No one has seen God at any time; (E)the only begotten God who is (F)in the bosom of the Father, (G)He has explained Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness

19 And this is (H)the witness of John, when (I)the [a]Jews sent to him priests and Levites (J)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

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  1. John 1:19 Often refers to Jewish leaders in John’s gospel

17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B) 18 No one has ever seen God,(C) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](D) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(E) testimony when the Jewish leaders[b](F) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
  2. John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.