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譯本是參照 AFV (A Faithful Version) 2009

19. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20. Then he freely admitted, and did not deny, but declared, “I am not the Christ.”
21. And they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” Then they asked, “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
22. Therefore, they said to him, “Who are you? What do you say about yourself so that we may give an answer to those who sent us?”
23. He said, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24. Now those who had been sent belonged to the sect of the Pharisees,
25. And they asked him, saying to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26. John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there is One Who stands among you Whom you do not know.
27. He it is Who comes after me, but Who has precedence over me; of Whom I am not worthy to loose the thong of His sandal.”
28. These things took place in Bethabara across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. (A Faithful Version)

19. 約翰為這事作見證:當時從耶路撒冷差來了祭司屬利未支派,來問他:你是誰。


20. 他很坦然,沒有否認,只是直說:我不是基督。


21. 然後再問:那你是誰?是以利亞嗎?回說:我不是。又再問:是先知?再回應說:不是。


22. 就再問:哪你是誰?你說說自己是誰,好讓我去對那差我來的人回覆?


23. 他說:在曠野宣講得像以賽亞先知說修直主的道路,那個人就是我。


24. 那差來的人,屬於法利賽系統,

25. 這些人問他:你不是基督,不是以利亞,也不是先知,那你憑什麼施行水禮?

26. 約翰回說:我是用水,但將會有一位,在你們中間,是你們不曾認識的。

27. 這位雖然出現比我遲,事實比我早存在,論身份就是給祂解鞋帶也不配。

28. 這事發生在約旦河外的伯大巴拉,那處是約翰施水禮的地方。

約翰在此說出他人生的第一次在宣講時,被屬利未支派的法利賽人,從耶路撒冷來到現場,不單在看,還詢問,憑什麼誰授權去讓他施行認信禮儀。

這段描述反映出許多事件的背景資料,例如約翰的宣講似乎被傳到猶太人當中利未派的智慧之士。用AI 它說:法利賽人是猶太教的一個派系和思想流派,存在於第二聖殿時期(公元前 515 年 – 公元 70 年)巴勒斯坦地。他們是一群相信死者復活並遵循口頭傳統的法律專家和平信徒。這個資料與事實相近。

所以他的查詢是從權力的角度:你是被誰授權?約翰很智慧地說:我是用水。就像是洗面沖涼。再問就是身份,是先知?也不是。既然不是行猶太人的信仰禮儀也不是具使命的先知,就是無名小卒。以他們的學養面對一位什麼都不是的,那就是那不到追究的證據。

約翰只說:有一位很快會到來,論身份就是給祂解鞋帶也不配 (v.27)。不過更有興趣的地方是他如何得知耶穌會被差來?有興趣一起推敲,就留言。

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