I myself DID NOT know him but I came baptizing with water

[tonychanyt]

Did John the Baptizer know Jesus beforehand?

John 1:

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Apostle John assumed that the reader knew about Jesus' baptism and temptation in the wilderness probably a few months back.

30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”

Did John the Baptizer know Jesus beforehand?

Their mothers were relatives. They likely knew each other from childhood, given the close-knit nature of families in that cultural context.

What did John the Baptizer mean by "I myself did not know him"?

know
ᾔδειν (ēdein)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular

The Pluperfect tense indicates an action that was completed before another action in the past. It can be translated into English as "had + past participle."

32 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him,

John repeated himself.

but he who sent me to baptize with water

When God first sent John to baptize, he had not know about a certain something.

What thing?

said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

John and Jesus likely knew each other at childhood. As adults, they hadn't known each other that well. One day, God sent John to baptize people with water. Before they met at the baptism, John had not known that Jesus was the Lamb of God and Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit (Paraclete).

 

[Hoping2]

Did John the Baptizer know Jesus beforehand?

John and Jesus likely knew each other at childhood. As adults, they hadn't known each other that well. One day, God sent John to baptize people with water. Before they met at the baptism, John had not known that Jesus was the Lamb of God and Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit (Paraclete).

Sounds about right.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Did John the Baptizer know Jesus beforehand?

John 1:


Apostle John assumed that the reader knew about Jesus' baptism and temptation in the wilderness probably a few months back.


Did John the Baptizer know Jesus beforehand?

Their mothers were relatives. They likely knew each other from childhood, given the close-knit nature of families in that cultural context.

What did John the Baptizer mean by "I myself did not know him"?

know
ᾔδειν (ēdein)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular

The Pluperfect tense indicates an action that was completed before another action in the past. It can be translated into English as "had + past participle."


John repeated himself.


When God first sent John to baptize, he had not know about a certain something.

What thing?


John and Jesus likely knew each other at childhood. As adults, they hadn't known each other that well. One day, God sent John to baptize people with water. Before they met at the baptism, John had not known that Jesus was the Lamb of God and Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit (Paraclete).

Sorry for my so often off-hand remarks, but in the final analysis, he knew Christ, even when in his mother's womb. This inspires a long study of the use of 'to know' in Scripture.