John 1:26
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but one stands among you, whom you do not know;
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they asked him, Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
27It is he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
Cross References
Mark 1:8I have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him.
John 16:3And these things they will do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 17:25O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these know that you have sent me.
Acts 11:16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, that he said, John baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on John 1:20-29
John's Testimony to Christ; John Examined by the Priests. 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one… Read the whole commentary →