Joh 1:20, 3:28, Act 19:4 | ESV | STEP | He confessed , and did not deny , but confessed , I am not the Christ .

a ver. 8; ch. 3:28; Acts 13:25; [Luke 3:15]

bSee ch. 1:20

c Mal. 3:1; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:17; Acts 19:4

d[See ver. 3 above]

e John 1:7

John 1:20

20 ^aHe confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

John 3:28

28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ^b‘I am not the Christ, but ^cI have been sent before him.’

Acts 19:4

4 And Paul said, ^d“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people ^eto believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”