He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
And he confessed it and did not deny it; and what he confessed was: "I am not the Christ."
The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but that I have been sent before him.
Then Paul said: "John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in the One who is to come after him, that is, in Jesus."