1:26 John answered them, 1 “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize, 2
John 1:33
1:33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
1 tnGrk “answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.