John 1:19

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'

Young's Literal Translation

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

18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

20and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:8'Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;

Luke 3:15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

John 5:10the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

John 6:41The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, 'I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;'

John 10:24the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

Acts 19:4And Paul said, 'John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe — that is, in the Christ — 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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