American Standard Version
"John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, "
— John 1:26, American Standard Version
“John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;”
“John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.”
“John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,”
“John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.”
“John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;”
“John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;”
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!