For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

And he confessed--and he did not deny, and confessed--"I am not the Christ!"

And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").

You yourselves testify about me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.'

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all [things] to us."

"Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?"

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

Yet we know where this man is from, but the Christ, whenever he comes--no one knows where he is from!"

But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, "Whenever the Christ comes, he will not perform more signs than this man has done, [will he]?"

Others were saying, "This man is the Christ!" But others were saying, "No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, [does he]?

Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, "{How long will you keep us in suspense}? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!"

She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world."

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.