John 1:20 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁰ He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Messiah."

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He confessed (admitted the truth) and did not try to conceal it, but acknowledged, I am not the Christ!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

Common English Bible

²⁰ John confessed (he didn’t deny but confessed), “I’m not the Christ.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And he confessed it and did not deny it; and what he confessed was: "I am not the Christ."

John 1:20 Cross References

John 1:8

He was not that Light, but [was sent] so that he might testify concerning the Light.

Acts 13:25

Now as John was finishing his course, he said, 'Whom do you suppose me to be? I am not He. But behold, there comes One after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.'