John 1:19
This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
20He confessed—he did not deny, but confessed—”I am not the Christ.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:8Take heed regarding any plague of leprosy, so that you carefully observe and follow every instruction given to you which the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, so you will act.
Luke 3:15Now as the people were eagerly expecting the Christ to come, everyone was wondering in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ.
John 5:10So the Jews said to him who was healed, “It is the Sabbath and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”
John 6:41Then the Jews grumbled about him because he had said, “I am the bread that has come down from heaven.”
John 10:24Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, “How long will you hold us doubting? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.”
Acts 19:4So Paul replied, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in 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 →