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John’s testimony: “I am not the Christ”

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John 1:19–28: this is John’s testimony, when the Jews send priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He declares, and doesn’t deny, but he declares, “I am not the Christ.” They ask him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answers, “No.” They say therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He says, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” The ones who had been sent are from the Pharisees. They ask him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” John answers them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know. He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.” These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The Korean Revised Version does not have the words “who is preferred before me” at 1:27.

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JHN 1:19–28, engwebp
¹⁹This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
²⁰He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
²¹They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
²²They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
²³He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
²⁴The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
²⁵They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
²⁶John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
²⁷He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
²⁸These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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John the Baptizer — Took part in — John’s testimony: “I am not the Christ”

Evidence: John 1:19–28
John’s testimony: “I am not the Christ” — Narrated location — Bethany beyond the Jordan

Evidence: John 1:19–28

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Current wording: John 1:19–28: this is John’s testimony, when the Jews send priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He declares, and doesn’t deny, but he declares, “I am not the Christ.” They ask him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answers, “No.” They say therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He says, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” The ones who had been sent are from the Pharisees. They ask him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” John answers them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know. He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.” These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The Korean Revised Version does not have the words “who is preferred before me” at 1:27.
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