He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, *I am not the Messiah.*
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
Sha'ul said, *Yochanan indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Yeshua.*