John 3:28 “You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am s…”

John 3:28

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

World English Bible

You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

American Standard Version

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Darby Translation

Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Young's Literal Translation

ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

Bible in Basic English

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

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Cross references

“I said”

John 1:20 John 1:25 John 1:27

John 1:20 · BSB

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

John 1:25 · BSB

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

John 1:27 · BSB

He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

“but”

John 1:23 Malachi 3:1 Matthew 3:3 Luke 1:76 Luke 3:4–6 Malachi 4:4

John 1:23 · BSB

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of…

Matthew 3:3 · BSB

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Luke 1:76 · BSB

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Luke 3:4–6 · BSB

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Malachi 4:4 · BSB

“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

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