John 1:19
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou take great heed, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them shall ye take heed to do.
Luke 3:15But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether *he* might be the Christ,
John 5:10The Jews therefore said to the healed [man], It is sabbath, it is not permitted thee to take up thy couch.
John 6:41The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.
John 10:24The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say [so] to us openly.
Acts 19:4And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →