Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThis is the testimony John gave when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAnd this is the testimony of Yochanan, when the Judeans sent priests and Levites from Yerushalayim to ask him, "Who are you?"
KJV
King James VersionAnd this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
Footnotes
Ἰουδαῖοι is typically rendered "Jews" but more precisely means "Judeans"—those from Judea, specifically the religious-political establishment centred in Jerusalem and the Temple. John uses this term throughout the Gospel to denote this leadership class rather than the Jewish people broadly; many characters in the Fourth Gospel are themselves Jewish yet are distinguished from "the Judeans." The F.O.G preserves the geographical-ethnic precision; the F.O.G Message adds "leaders" to clarify the institutional specificity and to guard against reading the Gospel as a blanket critique of Jewish people.
