John 1:19

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

20And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed I am not the Messiah.

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Cross References

Luke 3:15And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah;

John 5:10And the Jews said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to bear thy bed.

John 6:41Then the Jews murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread, who have descended from heaven.

John 10:24And the Jews gathered around him; and said to him: how long holdest thou our mind in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.

Acts 19:4Paul said to them: John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, while he told them to believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus the Messiah.

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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