Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

There was a man sent from God; his name was John.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was John.

An Understandable Version

There was a man sent from God whose name was John [the Immerser].

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

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

Darby Translation

There was a man sent from God, his name John.

Godbey New Testament

There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was John;

Goodspeed New Testament

There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God.

John Wesley New Testament

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a testimony,

Julia Smith Translation

A man was sent from God, the name to him John.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John:

Montgomery New Testament

A man came into being, sent from God, whose name was John.

NET Bible

A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

There was a man, sent by God, whose name was John.

The Emphasized Bible

There arose a man, sent from God, whose name was, John:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

A man was sent from God, whose name was John.

Twentieth Century New Testament

There appeared a man sent from God, whose name was John;

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

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

Williams New Testament

There appeared a man named John, sent from God.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John:

Youngs Literal Translation

There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name is John,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

a man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

παρά 
Para 
of, with, from, by ... side, at, than,
Usage: 145

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151


Usage: 0

ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name, named, called, surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 1:6

Devotionals containing John 1:6

References

Word Count of 37 Translations in John 1:6

Context Readings

The Prologue To John's Gospel

5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it. 6 There was a man sent from God; his name was John. 7 This one came as a witness, to bear witness concerning the Light, so that all might believe through him.


Cross References

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And Jehovah, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.

John 1:33

And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon Him, He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

John 3:28

You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.

Isaiah 40:3-5

The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.

Malachi 4:5-6

Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.

Matthew 3:1-11

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

Matthew 11:10

For this is the one of whom it is written, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You."

Matthew 21:25

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

Mark 1:1-8

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God:

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Luke 1:15-17

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 1:61-63

And they said to her, There is none of your kindred that is called by this name.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

Luke 3:2-20

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests-- the Word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Acts 13:24

John having before proclaimed the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel, before His coming.

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