John 3:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ You yourselves are my witnesses [you personally bear me out] that I stated, I am not the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), but I have [only] been sent before Him [in advance of Him, to be His appointed forerunner, His messenger, His announcer]. [Mal. 3:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Common English Bible

²⁸ You yourselves can testify that I said that I’m not the Christ but that I’m the one sent before him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but that I have been sent before him.

John 3:28 Cross References

John 1:20

And he confessed, and denied not; 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 Isaiah the prophet.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 3:3

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

John 1:25

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

Luke 1:76

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

John 1:27

even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.