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John 3:28
Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
John 3:28 · Geneva Bible
John 3:28 in other translations
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
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In context
25 Then there arose a question betweene Iohns disciples and the Iewes, about purifying.
26 And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 Iohn answered, and saide, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giuen him from heauen.
28 Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 Hee that is come from an hie, is aboue all: he that is of the earth, is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: hee that is come from heauen, is aboue all.
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