Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 King James verseion

There was a man sent from God; his 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 That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.
6 There was a man named John
who was sent from God.
7 He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.


Cross References

Malachi 3:1

“See, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to His temple, the Messenger of the covenant you desire—see, He is coming,” says the Lord of Hosts.

John 1:33

I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

John 3:28

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

Isaiah 40:3-5

A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Malachi 4:5-6

Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 3:1-11

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

Matthew 11:10

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

Matthew 21:25

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you 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 be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.

Luke 1:15-17

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord
and will never drink wine or beer.
He will be filled with the Holy Spirit
while still in his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:61-63

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

Luke 1:76

And child, you will be called
a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways,

Luke 3:2-20

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Acts 13:24

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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