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John 1:18-20
Legacy Standard Bible

18 (A)No one has seen God at any time; (B)the only begotten God who is (C)in the bosom of the Father, (D)He has explained Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness

19 And this is (E)the witness of John, when (F)the [a]Jews sent to him priests and Levites (G)from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “(H)I am not the [b]Christ.”

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  1. John 1:19 Often refers to Jewish leaders in John’s gospel
  2. John 1:20 Messiah
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John 1:18-20
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18 No one has ever seen God,(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s(C) testimony when the Jewish leaders[b](D) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(E)

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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.
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