John 3:28
You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but instead, 'I have been sent before him.'
Unlocked Literal 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
27John replied, “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 1 “The voice of one calling out in the wilderness, 1 'Make ready the way of the Lord, 1 make his paths straight.'”
Mark 1:2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, 1 “Look, I am sending my messenger before your face, 1 the one who will prepare your way. 1
Luke 1:76Yes, and you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, 1 for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his paths, 1 to prepare people for his coming, 1
John 1:20He confessed—he did not deny, but confessed—”I am not the Christ.”
John 1:25and they asked him and said to him, “Why do you baptize then 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 →