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Berean Standard Bible

“(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),”

John 4:2

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Jesus has been making and baptizing more disciples than John, and word of this has reached the Pharisees. He leaves Judea to head back to Galilee.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

World English Bible (WEB)

(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

King James Version (KJV)

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

American Standard Version (ASV)

(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

(Aunque Jesús no bautizaba, sino sus discípulos),

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Aunque en realidad los que bautizaban eran los discípulos de Jesús y no él mismo.

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