Luke 3:15

Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ,"

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

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And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

he frankly confessed ??he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."