John 1:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared.

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he frankly confessed — he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

"John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world: