King James Version

John 1:20

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

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὡμολόγησενhōmologēsenhe confessedὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he confessed”, a single actionG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.he confessedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἠρνήσατοērnēsatoto denyἀρνέομαι (arneomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to deny”, a single actionG720(a) I deny (a statement), (b) I repudiate (a person, or belief).This verse uses “deny”.καὶkaibutκαίconjunction — “but”G2532and, even, also, namely.butὡμολόγησενhōmologēsenconfessedὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “confessed”, a single actionG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.confessedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ἘγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεἰμὶeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.the Christ

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

World English Bible

He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Darby Translation

And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

Douay-Rheims

And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.

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