King James Version

John 1:31

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῷ) before water here.

κἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).And Iοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notᾔδεινēdeinto perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, pluperfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action before another past momentG1492I know, remember, appreciate.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatφανερωθῇphanerōthēhe should be made manifestφανερόω (phaneroō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he should be made manifest”, a single actionG5319I make clear (visible, manifest), make known.he should be made manifestτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰσραὴλisraēlto IsraelἸσραήλnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Israel”, the to- or for-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.to Israelδιὰdiathereforeδιάpreposition — “therefore”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.thereforeτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἦλθονēlthonamἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “am”, a single actionG2064I come, go.amἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withὕδατιhudatiwaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “water”, the to- or for-formG5204water.waterβαπτίζωνbaptizōnto baptizeβαπτίζω (baptizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to baptize”, an ongoing or repeated actionG907lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.This verse uses “baptize”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

World English Bible

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

Darby Translation

and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

Douay-Rheims

And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

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