John 3:28
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
In Context
27And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 3:3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
Mark 1:2Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
John 1:20He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
John 1:25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36
John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →