*Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!* says the LORD of Armies.
John 3:28 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. Common English Bible 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 You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but that I have been sent before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. |
*Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!* says the LORD of Armies.
For this is he who was spoken of by Yeshaiyahu the prophet, saying, *The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.*
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Elyon, for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,
He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, *I am not the Messiah.*
He said, *I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Yeshaiyahu the prophet said.*
They asked him, *Why then do you immerse, if you are not the Messiah, nor Eliyahu, nor the Prophet?*
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen.*