John 3:28
Ye your selves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before Him.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 can take nothing upon him, unless it be given him from heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 3:3for this is He who was spoken of by Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the desert, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee:"
Luke 1:76And thou, my child, shalt be called the prophet of the most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord,
John 1:20he confessed, and denied not; but declared openly, I am not the Christ.
John 1:25and they asked him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor a 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 →