A   In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was wyth God: and God was the worde. The same was in þe; begynnyng wyth God. ^noteAll thinges were made by it, ∧ wythout it, was made nothynge that was made. ^noteIn it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the ^note lyght of men, and the lyght shyneth in darcknes, and the darcknes comprehended it not.

There was sent from God a man, whose name was Iohn. The same c&abar; as a wytnes to beare wytnes of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue. ^note&rhand; He was not þe; lyght: but was sent to beare wytnes of the lyght. That lyght was þe; true lyght, whych lyghteth euery m&abar; that cometh into the worlde. He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym: and the worlde knewe hym not.

He cam amonge hys awne, and hys awne receaued him not. But as many as receaued hym ^note to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God: euen them that beleued on hys name: whych were borne, not of bloude nor of the wyll of the flesshe, nor yet of the wyll of man: but of God.

B    ^noteAnd the same worde became flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs: ^note and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the onely begotten sonne of the father, full of grace and trueth. &cross3;

&cross2; ^note Iohn beareth wytnes of hym, and cryeth sayinge: Thys was he of wh&obar; I spake: which though he came after me, went before me, for he was before me. ^noteAnd of hys fulnes haue all we receaued, euen &rhand; grace for grace. For the lawe was geuen by Moses, but grace ∧ trueth came by Iesus Christ. ^note&rhand; No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begotten sonne, whych is in the bosome of þe; father, he hath declared hym. &cross3;

&cross2; ^note And thys is þe; recorde of Iohn: when þe; Iewes sent Prestes and Leuites fr&obar; Ierusalem, to aske hym, what art thou? And he c&obar;fessed ∧ denyed not, ∧ sayde playnly. I am not Chryst. And they asked him: what then? ^note art thou Helyas? And he sayeth: &rhand; I am not. ^noteArte thou that Prophete? And he answered no. Then sayde they vnto hym: what art thou, that we maye geue an answer to

them that sent vs. What sayest thou of thy selfe? He sayde ^note I am the voyce of a criar in the wildernes, make strayght the waye of þe; Lorde, ^note as sayde the Prophete Esaias.

And they whych were sent, were of the Pharyses: And they asked him, ∧ sayde vnto him: C   why baptisest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, nor Helias, nether that Prophet? Iohn answered th&ebar; sayinge ^note I baptise with water: but there stondeth one amonge you, whom ye knowe not, he it is which though he came after me, was before me, whose sho latchet I am not worthy to vnlose. These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordan ^note where Iohn dyd baptise. &cross3;

&cross2; The nexte daye, Iohn seeth Iesus c&obar;minge vnto hym, and sayeth ^note beholde the lambe of God, whych taketh awaye þe; synne of the worlde. Thys is he of wh&obar; I sayd: After me cometh a man, whych went before me, for he was before me, and I knewe him not: but that he shuld be declared to Israell, therfore am I come baptysinge with water.

^noteAnd Iohn bare recorde, sayinge: I sawe the sprete descende from heauen, lyke vnto a doue, ∧ abode vpon him, and I knewe hym not. D   But he that sent me to baptise in water, the same sayde vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he whych baptiseth wyth þe; holy goost. And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God. &cross3;

The nexte daye after, Iohn stode agayne, ∧ two of his disciples, &abar;d he behelde Iesus as he walked by, ∧ sayeth: beholde þe; l&abar;be of God. And the two disciples hearde hym speake, and they folowed Iesus. And Iesus turned about, and sawe them folowe hym, ∧ sayeth vnto them: what seke ye? They sayd vnto hym: Rabbi (whych is to saye yf one interprete it Master) where dwellest thou? He sayeth vnto them: come ∧ se. They came, ∧ sawe where he dwelt: ∧ abode with hym þt; daye. For it was about the tenth houre.

One of þe; two which hearde Iohn speake, and folowed him, was Andrew Simon Peters brother. The same founde hys brother Simon fyrst, and sayeth vnto him: we haue founde Messias (whych is by interpretaci&obar;, annoynted) and brought him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde hym, &abar;d sayde: thou art ^note Simon the sonne of Ionas, thou shalt be called Cephas: which is by interpretacion a stone.

E   The daye folowyng. Iesus wolde go into Galile, and fo&ubar;de Philip, and sayeth vnto him: folowe me ^note Philip was of Bethsaida the citie of Andrew and Peter. Philip founde Nathanael, and sayeth vnto him: We haue founde hym, of whome ^note Moses in the lawe &abar;d the ^note Prophetes dyd wryte, Iesus þe; sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth. And Nathanael sayd vnto h&ibar; ^note can there eny good thynge come out of Nazareth? Philip sayeth vnto him come and se.

Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, ∧ sayeth of him: Beholde a ryght Israelyte, in whom is no gyle. Nathanael sayeth vnto him: wh&ebar;ce knowest thou me? Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him. Before that Philip called the, when thou wast vnder the fygge tree, I sawe the. Nathanael answered and sayd vnto him: Rabbi, thou art eu&ebar; the very sonne of God, thou art þe; kyng of Israel. Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: Because I sayde vnto the, I sawe the vnder þe; fygge tree, þu; beleuest. Thou shalt se greater thynges then these. And he sayeth vnto him: Uerely, verely, I saye vnto you: herafter shall ye se heauen open, ∧ þe; angels of God ascendynge ∧ descendynge ouer þe; sonne of man.

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