John 3:28
You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a messenger.’
Open English Bible (US)
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
27John’s answer was – “A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“I am about to send my messenger and he will clear a path before me: And the Lord, who you are seeking, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant who you long for is already coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 3:3John was the one who was spoken of in the prophet Isaiah, where he says – ‘The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”’
Mark 1:2It is said in the prophet Isaiah – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his way,
John 1:20he told them clearly and simply, “I am not the Christ.”
John 1:25and their next question was, “Why then do you baptize, 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 →