John 1:34
New International Version
I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

New Living Translation
I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.”

English Standard Version
And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

Berean Standard Bible
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Berean Literal Bible
And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."

King James Bible
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

New King James Version
And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

New American Standard Bible
And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

NASB 1995
“I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

NASB 1977
“And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And I myself have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

Amplified Bible
I myself have [actually] seen [that happen], and my testimony is that this is the Son of God!”

Christian Standard Bible
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”

American Standard Version
And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And I have seen and have testified that This One is The Son of God.”

Contemporary English Version
I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I saw, and I gave testimony, that this is the Son of God.

English Revised Version
And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have seen this and have declared that this is the Son of God."

Good News Translation
I have seen it," said John, "and I tell you that he is the Son of God."

International Standard Version
I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."

Literal Standard Version
and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.”

Majority Standard Bible
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

New American Bible
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”

NET Bible
I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."

New Revised Standard Version
And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

New Heart English Bible
And I have seen and have testified that this is the Chosen One of God."

Webster's Bible Translation
And I saw and bore testimony, that this is the Son of God.

Weymouth New Testament
"This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."

World English Bible
I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

Young's Literal Translation
and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

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Context
Jesus the Lamb of God
33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” 35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.…

Cross References
Matthew 4:3
The tempter came to Him and said, "If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

Luke 1:35
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

John 1:49
"Rabbi," Nathanael answered, "You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"


Treasury of Scripture

And I saw, and bore record that this is the Son of God.

this.

John 1:18,49
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him

John 3:16-18,35,36
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life…

John 5:23-27
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him…

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(34) And I saw and bare record.--Better, and I have seen and have borne witness, as in John 1:32. The result of personal conviction was, that he forthwith testified to others, and continued to do so until the present. One of the sayings taught to his scholars was, "He was (existed) before me." The revelation of the baptism and the voice heard from heaven (Matthew 3:17) has given to this its true meaning. Teacher has now learnt, and learner is now taught, that Jesus is this pre-existent Being, the Messiah, the Son of God.

Verse 34. - I for my part have seen and have borne testimony that this is the Son of God. The Old Testament standpoint which John occupied enabled him from the first to identify the Messiah with the "Son of God;" but surely this is the record of the first occasion when the Baptist recognized the token that One who sustained such relation with the Father stood before him. There is much in this Gospel and the synoptic narrative to show that the disciples (Matthew 16:16, 17) identified the Christ with the Son of God. The tempter and the demoniacs are familiar with the idea (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 3:11; Mark 5:7). The high priest at the trial and the Roman centurion (Matthew 26:63; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:61), Nathanael (John 1:49), Martha (John 11:27), hail him as Son of God. Though the Lord for the most part preferred to speak of himself as "Son of man," yet in this Gospel (John 5:19-23; John 6:40; John 10:36) he frequently claims this lofty designation. Nor is it confined to this Gospel, for in Matthew 11:25-27, we have practically the same confession. Now, the declaration of this verse is in intimate connection with what precedes. Neither the Baptist nor the evangelist implies that, by Christ's baptism, and by that which John saw of the descent and abiding of the Spirit upon the Lord, he was there and then constituted "the Son of God." From this misapprehension of the Gospel arose the Gnostic-Ebionite view of the heavenly Soter descending on Christ, to depart from him at the Crucifixion. The main significance of the entire paragraph is the special revelation given to John, his consequent illumination and momentous testimony, one that sank into the soul of his most susceptible disciples, and thus made this declaration the "true birth hour of Christendom" (Ewald, Meyer). The narrative does not imply that Christ's own consciousness of Divine sonship then commenced. He knew who he was when he spoke, at twelve years of age, of "the business of my Father;" but it would be equally inadequate exegesis to suppose that no communication was then made to the sacred humanity which had been fashioned by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin, and by which he became from the first "the Son of God." The Lord's humanity did become alive to the solemn and awful responsibilities of this public recognition. He knew that the hour was come for his Messianic activity, and the distinct admission of this was the basis of each of the diabolic temptations from which he immediately suffered. There was a unique glory in this sonship which differed from all other usage of the same phrase. Many an Oriental mystic and Egyptian pharaoh and even Roman emperor had thus described themselves; but the Baptist did not speak of himself in this or any other sense as "Son of God." There was flashed into his mind the light of a Divine relationship between Jesus and the Father which convinced him of the preexisting life of him who was chronologically coming after him. It was probably this momentous utterance which led to the deputation of the Sanhedrin, and induced them to ask for the explanation of a mystery transcending all that John had said from the day of his showing unto Israel" (see my 'John the Baptist,' lect. 6. § 1). Many commentators here encounter the unquestionable difficulty of John the Baptist's message from the prison. I prefer to discuss it at the close of ch. 3. (see my 'John the Baptist,' lect. 7: "The Ministry of the Prison"). Here it is sufficient to observe that the vivid intuition and revelation which John obtained touching the deep things of God in Christ, and the vast and far-reaching testimonies which he bore to the Son of God, to the Baptizer with the Holy Ghost, the pre-existent glory of him that came after him, and to "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world," were, nevertheless, in the evangelist's mind historically coincident with the fact that John never did unite himself to the circle of Christ's immediate followers. The "John" of the Fourth Gospel remained in an independent position - friendly, rejoicing in the Bridegroom's voice, but not one of his followers. The preparatory work with which he began his ministry he continued and pursued to the tragic end.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I
κἀγὼ (kagō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.

have seen
ἑώρακα (heōraka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

testified
μεμαρτύρηκα (memartyrēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

this
οὗτός (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Son
Υἱὸς (Huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of God.”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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