Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

New American Standard Bible

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”

King James Version

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

Holman Bible

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

International Standard Version

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

A Conservative Version

And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

American Standard Version

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

Amplified

John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else?”

An Understandable Version

So, John called to him two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Anderson New Testament

And John called to him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said: Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

Common New Testament

And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

and sent two of them to Jesus, with this question, are you the Messiah, or must we yet wait for some other?

Darby Translation

and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

Godbey New Testament

And John calling certain two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou the one coming, or must we expect another?

Goodspeed New Testament

and he called two of them to him, and sent them to the Master to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

John Wesley New Testament

calling to him two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?

Julia Smith Translation

And having called certain two of his disciples, John sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he coming? or should we expect another?

King James 2000

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another?

Lexham Expanded Bible

sent [them] to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

Modern King James verseion

And John, calling near a certain two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are You He that should come, or do we look for another?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And John called unto him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus saying, "Art thou he that shall come: or shall we look for another?"

Moffatt New Testament

So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

Montgomery New Testament

and, calling a certain two disciples to him, he sent them to Jesus, to say, "Are you 'the coming one,' or if we are to expect another?"

NET Bible

and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

New Heart English Bible

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

Noyes New Testament

And calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

Sawyer New Testament

And calling two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

The Emphasized Bible

And, calling unto him certain two of his disciples, John sent unto the Lord, saying - Art, thou, the Coming One, or, a different one, are we to expect?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And John calling two certain persons of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or are we to expect another?

Twentieth Century New Testament

So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask--"Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for some one else?"

Webster

And John calling two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

Weymouth New Testament

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

Williams New Testament

So John called two of them to him and sent them to the Lord, to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?"

World English Bible

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

Worrell New Testament

And, calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?"

Worsley New Testament

and sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou He that was to come, or are we to expect another?

Youngs Literal Translation

and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, 'Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

Ἰωάννης 
Ioannes 
John , John , John , John
Usage: 116

προσκαλέομαι 
Proskaleomai 
Usage: 27

δύο 
Duo 
two, twain, both, two and two
Usage: 92

of his

Usage: 0

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39

them to
πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

Art
εἶ 
Ei 
thou art, be
Usage: 75

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

look we
προσδοκάω 
Prosdokao 
Usage: 14

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Question From John The Baptist

18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things. 19 Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another? 20 And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

Cross References

Luke 10:1

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

John 4:25

The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

Genesis 3:15

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Genesis 22:18

And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

Genesis 49:10

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

Deuteronomy 18:15-18

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

Psalm 110:1-4

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

Isaiah 7:14

For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:1

And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

Isaiah 40:10-11

See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.

Isaiah 59:20-21

And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Daniel 9:24-26

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

Haggai 2:7

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

Zechariah 9:9

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

Malachi 3:1-3

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

Malachi 4:2

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

Mark 6:7

And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

Acts 10:7-8

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

Revelation 11:3

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

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