John 1:19

This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, that they might ask him,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

In Context

18No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.

20Who art thou? and he confessed and denied not, and confessed that, I am not the Christ.

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Cross References

Luke 3:15And the people waiting and all reasoning in their hearts concerning John, lest he might be the Christ.

John 5:10Then the Jews were saying to the healed man, It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 6:41Then the Jews were murmuring concerning Him, because He said, I am the bread having come down from heaven,

John 10:24Then the Jews surrounded Him, and said to Him, How long do you take away our soul?

Acts 19:4And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on the one coming after him, that is 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 →

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