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  • John 1:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 32 John also bore witness, saying: “I viewed the spirit coming down as a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him.+

  • John 1:32
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 32 Καὶ And ἐμαρτύρησεν witnessed Ἰωάνης John λέγων saying ὅτι that Τεθέαμαι I have viewed τὸ the πνεῦμα spirit καταβαῖνον descending ὡς as περιστερὰν dove ἐξ out of οὐρανοῦ, heaven, καὶ and ἔμεινεν it remained ἐπ’ upon αὐτόν· him;

  • John 1:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 32 John also bore witness, saying: “I viewed the spirit coming down as a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him.+

  • John 1:32
    The Bible in Living English
    • 32 And John testified “I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of the sky, and it rested on him.

  • John 1:32
    American Standard Version
    • 32 And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

  • John 1:32
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 32 And John bare witness, saying—I have gazed upon the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven,—and it abode upon him.

  • John 1:32
    King James Version
    • 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 1:32 it-1 647-648; w07 12/1 26

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:32 ka 65; w72 715-716; ad 464; w62 768; w60 764

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:32

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 647-648

      The Watchtower,

      12/1/2007, p. 26

      12/1/1972, pp. 715-716

      12/15/1962, p. 768

      12/15/1960, pp. 763-764

      God’s Kingdom Has Approached, pp. 64-65

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:32

      as a dove: Doves had both a sacred use and a symbolic meaning. They were offered as sacrifices (Mr 11:15; Joh 2:14-16), and they symbolized innocence and purity (Mt 10:16). A dove released by Noah brought an olive leaf back to the ark, indicating that the floodwaters were receding (Ge 8:11) and that a time of rest and peace was at hand (Ge 5:29). Thus, at Jesus’ baptism, Jehovah may have used the representation of a dove to call attention to the role of Jesus as the Messiah​—he is the pure and sinless Son of God who would sacrifice his life for mankind and lay the basis for a period of rest and peace during his rule as King. The way that God’s holy spirit, or active force, came down upon Jesus at his baptism may have looked like the fluttering of a dove as it nears its perch.

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