John 3:28
Good News Translation
You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'

New Revised Standard Version
You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’

Contemporary English Version
You surely remember how I told you that I am not the Messiah. I am only the one sent ahead of him.

New American Bible
You yourselves can testify that I said [that] I am not the Messiah, but that I was sent before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

I said.

John 1:20,25,27 And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. . . .

but.

John 1:23 He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:4,5 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments. . . .

Matthew 3:3,11,12 For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. . . .

Mark 1:2,3 As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee. . . .

Luke 1:16,17,76 And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. . . .

Luke 3:4-6 As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. . . .

Context
John's Testimony about Jesus
27John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven. 28You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.…
Cross References
John 1:20
And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.

John 1:23
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

John 3:27
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