For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.

He frankly admitted, and did not try at all to deny it; yes, he frankly admitted, "I am not the Christ."

so they asked him, "Why are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means, the Christ).

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

"Come, see a man who has told me everything I ever did. He is not the Christ, is He?"

Just look! He is talking in public, and yet they do not say a word to Him! It cannot be that the authorities have really learned that He is the Christ, can it?

But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, however, no one will know where He is from."

But many of the crowd believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform greater wonder-works than He did, will He?"

Others said, "This is the Christ." But still others said, "The Christ does not come from Galilee, does He?

Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

So I have told you that you would die under the curse of your sins, for unless you believe that I am the Christ, you will die under the curse of your sins."

So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

His parents said this, because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone owned Jesus as the Christ, he should be shut out of the synagogues.

So the Jews surrounded Him and kept asking Him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are really the Christ, tell us so plainly."

She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

The crowd answered Him, "We have learned from the law that the Christ is to remain here forever, and so how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

From now on I will tell you things before they take place, so that when they do take place, you may believe that I am the Christ.

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

But these have been recorded, in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life, as bearers of His name.