John 1:19
Now this is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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In Context
20He confessed, he did not deny but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
Cross References
Luke 3:15Now as the people were expectant and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he just might be the Messiah,
John 5:10But that day was a Sabbath, so the Jews said to the one who had been healed: “It's the Sabbath! You aren't allowed to carry the pallet.”
John 6:41Then the Jews started complaining about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of Heaven.”
John 10:24Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him: “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Acts 19:4So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ.”
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 →