John the Baptist Testifies to Jesus

19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent[a] priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—“I am not the Christ!” 21 And they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?”[b] And he answered, “No!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:19 Some manuscripts have “sent to him”
  2. John 1:21 A reference to the “Prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15 (see Acts 3:22)