CHAPTER I.

1 The office of Jesus. 15 The testimony of John. 39 The calling of Andrew, Peter, etc. Nathe beginning was the Word.b

and the Word was d God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 Alle things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him ƒ was life; and the life was the light g of men.

Letter, F.

A. D. 26.

a Pr.8.22-31. Col.1.16,17. 1Jno. 1. 1. b Re. 19.13. c ch. 17.5. d Phi.2.6. He 1.8-13. 1Juo.5.7.

e Ps.33.6. Ep.3.9. f ch.5.26. 1Jno.5.11.

g ch.8.12.

i 1C0.2.14.

5 And the light shineth in h dark-h ch.3.19. ress: and the darkness comprehended i it not.

6 There was a man k sent from God, whose name was John.

k Lu.3.2,3.

1 Ac. 19.4.

m Is. 49.6. n ver.5.

7 The same came for a witness, o Ac.3.26. to bear witness of the light, that all men through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true Light,m which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and n the world knew him not.

11 Hco came unto his own, and his own received him not.

13.46.

p Is.56.4.5. Ro.8. 14,15. 1Jno.3.1.

1 or, the right; or, privilege. q Ga.3.26. r Ja.1.18. s Lu. 1.35. ITi.3. 16. t 2Pe. 1.17. 1Jno.1.1,2.

u Ps.45.2. Col.2.3,9

12 But as many p as received him, to them gave he power to become v Mat.3. 11, the sons of God, even to them q that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

&c. w ch.3.34.

Ps.$5.10.

Ro.5.21. y Ex.33.20.

ITi.6.16.

14 And the Words was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (andt we be- z 1Jno.4.9. held his glory, the glory, as of the a Lu.3.15,&c. only begotten of the Father,) full u 2 or, a proof grace and truth. phet. b ch.3.28.

15 John v bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 Forthe law was given by Moses, but grace a and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God y at any.

Mat.3.3.
Mar. 1.3.
Lu.3.4.

c Is.40.3.
d Mal.3.1.
e Ju.7.24.
f Ex. 12.3.
or, Leareth,

He.9.28. g Ac. 13.39.

time; the z only begotton Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 T And this a is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou 2 that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 Heb said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet c Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one d among you, whom ye know not;

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 28 These things were done in Bethabara e beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lambf of God, which 3taketh g away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water,

John speak, and followed him, was P ch.20.28,29. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

Mat. 14.33.

q Mat.21.5.

27.11.

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, 6 the Christ. 42 And he brought him to Jesus.r Eze. 1.1. And when Jesus beheld him, he s Ge.28.12. said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou k shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, 7A stone.

43 The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

b He.13.4.

c Ec. 10. 19. Is.24.11.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him. We have found d Lu.5.5,6. him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus e Ec.9.7. of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46 And Nathanael said unto him,m Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

f Ro. 13.7. g ch.7.17. Ps. 119.100.

h Ps. 104. 15. Pr.9.2,5.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold n an Israelite indeed, in whom is no i ch.1.14. guile! k 1Jno.5.13.

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw o thee.

Ex.12.14. m ver.23. ch.5.1.

6.4. 11.55.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou p art the Sonn Mat. 21.12. of God; thou art the King q of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto

Mar.11.15. Lu. 19.45.

Water turned into wine. him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, Iverily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heavenr open, and the angelss of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. CHAPTER 11.

1 Christ turneth water into wine: 12 he departeth into Capernaum, etc.

AND the third day there was a

marriage in Cana a of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.b

3 And when c they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoeverd he saith unto you, do it.

6 And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews. coutaining two or three firkins apiece.

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, Drawe out now, and bear unto the governor f of the feast. And they bare it.

9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants g which drew the water knew:) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

10 And saith unto him. Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine à until now.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested i forth his glory; and his disciples believed k on him.

12 T After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

13 And the Jews' passover / was at hand, and Jesus m went up to Jerusalem.

14 And found n in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 15 And when he had made a Scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured

17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, o The zeal of 9 thine house hath eaten me up.

18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What signp showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy q this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

21 But he spake of the templer of his body.

22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he s had said this un'o them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feastday, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

21 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because het knew all men.

&c.

Mat. 26.61. 27.40. r Ep.2.21,22. Col.2.9. He.8.2.

8 Lu.24.8.

t ch. 16.30.

1Sa. 16.7.
ICh.25.9.
29.17.

Je. 17.9, 10. Mat 9.4. Ac. 1.24. Re.2.23. (CHAP. 3.) a ch.7.50,51.

19.39.

b ch.9.16,33.

Ac.2.22.

c Ac. 10.38.
d ch.1.13.

Ga.6. 15.
Ep.2.1.
Tit.3.5.
Ja. 1. 18.

1 Pe. 1.23.
1Jno.2.29.

3.9.

25 And needed not that any should or, from testify of man: for he knew what

was in man.

CHAPTER III.

1 Christ teacheth Nicodemus the necessity of regeneration. 18 Condemnation for unbelief, etc.

HERE was a man of the Phari

Trees named Nicodemus, a a

ruler of the Jews:

above.

e Mar. 16. 16.

A c. 2.38.

f Ro.8.2. ICo.2.12. g 1Co. 15.47

49. 2Co.5.17.

h1Co.2.11.

2 The same came to Jesus by i 1Jno.1.1-3. might, and said unto him, Rabbi, k Ep.4.9,10. we know that thou art a teacher 1 Nu.21.9. come from God: for b no man call m ver.36. do these miracles that thou doest, except God c be with him.

He 7.25. In 1Jno.4.9. 3 Jesus answered and said unto o Lu.9.56. him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except d a man be born 1 again, he P ch.6.40,47. cannot see the kingdom of God. q ch. 1.4,9-11. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How r Job24.13,17. can a man be born when he is old? Pr.4.18,19. can he enter the second time into 2 or, dishis mother's womb, and be born? covered.

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, Is 1Jno. 1.6. say unto thee, Except a man bet 3Jno. 11. born of watere and of the Spirit, f he cannot enter into the kingdom! of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

u ch.4.2.

v 1Sa.9.4.

w Mat.3.5,6. Mat. 14.3.

Necessity of regeneration. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born 1 again.

8 The wind bioweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: soh is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel and knowest not these things?

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We i speak that we do know and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And k no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

14 T And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever m believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God n so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life,

17 For God o sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 Hep that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that light q is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neitherr cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be 2 reproved.

21 But he that doeth s truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.u

23 And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salim, v because there was much water there and

they w came, and were baptized. 24 For John r was not yet cast into prison.

John's witness of Christ.

25 T Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi. he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thon barest y witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men z come to him.

27 John answered and said, A mana can 3 receive nothing, except it be given im from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, b I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

29 fie that hath the bride d is the bridegroom: but the friend e of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above fis above all he g that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that conieth from heaven is above all.

32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man h receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set i to his seal that God is true.

JOHN, IV.

A. D. 30.

ych. 1.7,15,&c. z Ps.65.2.

Is.45.23.

a ICo.2.12-14.

4.7. He.5.4. Ja. 1.17. 3 or,take unto himself.

b ch.1.20,27.
e Lu. 1.17.
d Ca.4.8-12.

Christ revealeth himself.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, asketh drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings d with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gifte of God, and who it is that saith to thee. Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and Ho.2.19.20. he would have given thee living f

Je.2.2.

Eze. 16.S.

Mat.22.2. 2Co.11.2. Ep.5.25,27. Re.21.9. e Ca.5.1. fch.6.33.

8.23.

water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water!

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, Ep.1.20,21. and drank thereof himself, and lus g 1Co.15.47.children, and his cattle ?

ch.1.11.

i 1Jno.5.10. k ch.7.16.

7 ch.1. 16.

Ps.45.7.

Is.11.2.

59.21. Col. 1.19. m Mat.28.18.

Hab.2.4.

c Ge.38. 19.

48.22. Jos.24.32.

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give h him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in himi a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

18 For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive & that thou art a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem m is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye n shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship o ye know not what we know what we worship: for salvation p is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true whorshippers shall worship the Father in spirit q and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 Godr is a Spirit: and they that

d'ch.2.23.

35 Say not ye. There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your e De.16.16. eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.v f ch.2.1,11. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit w unto 1 or, courtier; life eternal: that both he that or, ruler. Soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

37 And herein is that saying true, One y soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other z men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

g ICo.1.22.

h Mat.8.13. Mar.7.29,30. Lu. 17.14.

i Ps. 107.20.

18.8.

(CHAP. 5.)

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for thek Ac.16.34. saying a of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him a ch.2. 13. that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed be- 1 or, gate,

cause of his own word;

42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of

Le.23.2.&c. De. 16. 16.

Ne.3.1.

12.39.

Ec.9.10.

thy saying: forb we have heard b Pr.8.17. him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

43 Now after two days he de-c parted thence, and went into Gali

lee.

44 For Jesus himself testified, that c a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Mat.11.12.

Eze.47.8.9.

Zec. 13.1.

d Lu.8.43.

13.16.

He departeth to Galilee.

45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seend all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: fore they also went unto the feast.

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he madef the water wine. And there was a certain 1 nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs g and wonders, ye will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Goh thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

53 So the father knew that it was at the same i hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liv eth: and himself believed,k and his whole house.

51 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. CHAPTER V.

1 Jesus on the sabbath-day cureth him that was diseased eight and thirty years: 10 the Jews cavil, and persecute him for it.

FTER this there was a feast a

A of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market, a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certam season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first b after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole c of whatsoever disease he had.

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity d thirty and eight years.