John 3:28

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Summary

John 3:28

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

I said

John 1:20

But

Luke 3:4

General references

Mark 1:7

Bible References

I said

He confessed and did not deny it, he confessed--"I am not the Christ."

But

"I," he answered, "am--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness--"straighten the way of the Lord"', as the Prophet Isaiah said."

This is he who was spoken of in the Prophet Isaiah, where he says--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'

It is said in the Prophet Isaiah--'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'

And shall reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.

This was in fulfillment of what is said in the writings of the Prophet Isaiah--'The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

General references

And he proclaimed--"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.