John 3:28

You bear me witness that I said, I am not the Meshicha, but I am an apostle before him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

27Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven.

29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and attendeth him, with great joy rejoiceth on account of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy therefore, behold, is complete.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:3For this is he of whom it was spoken by Eshaia the prophet: The voice which crieth in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths plain.

Mark 1:2As it is written in Eshaia the prophet: Behold, I send my angel before thy face, Who shall make straight thy way.

Luke 1:76And thou, child, the Prophet of the Most High Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, And thou shalt prepare his way;

John 1:20And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Meshicha.

John 1:25And they demanded and said to him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Meshicha, nor Elia, 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 →

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