John 3:28
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah [Anointed one],’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
One Unity Resource Bible
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
Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, saying, 1 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 2 make ready the way of MarYah [Master Yahweh]. 2 Make his paths + 3:3. Quoted from Is 40:3 straight.”
Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, 1 “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, 2 who will prepare your way before you: + 1:2. Quoted from Mal 3:1 1
Luke 1:76+ 1:76 (76-79) MP: A messenger will prepare the way for the Messiah. (Mal 3:1) Note: In Malachi, the word “suddenly” refers to the imminent coming of the Messiah once this messenger appears. From the writings of Josephus, we know John the Baptist and Yeshua were contemporaries of one another. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Elyon [Most High], 2 for you will go before the face of Yahweh to prepare his ways, + 1:76. Quoted from Is 40:3; Mal 3:1 2
John 1:20He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah [Anointed one].”
John 1:25They asked him, “Why then do you mikvah ·baptise·, if you are not the Messiah [Anointed one], nor Elijah [My God Yah], nor the prophet (promised Messiah)?”
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 →