John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 answered and said, A man cannot assume any thing, except it be given him from heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 3:3For this is the person spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait.”
Mark 1:2as it is written in the prophets; “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, he shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
John 1:20And he confessed, and denied it not; but acknowledged, I am not the Messiah.
John 1:25And they questioned him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elias, nor that 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 →