John 1:25
so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
Matthew 21:23
When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"
Acts 4:5-7
Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes,
Acts 5:28
"We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"
John 1:20-22
he frankly confessed ??he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."