John 3:28
you yourselves testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am having been sent before Him;
Literal Standard Version
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
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, || And he has prepared a way before Me, || And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple, || Even the Messenger of the Covenant, || Whom you are desiring, || Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Matthew 3:3for this is he having been spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, || Make His paths straight.”
Mark 1:2As it has been written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, || Who will prepare Your way before You.
Luke 1:76And you, child, || Prophet of the Highest will you be called; For you will go before the face of the LORD, || To prepare His ways.
John 1:20And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
John 1:25and they questioned him and said to him, “Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor 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 →