Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. John 3:28-36 You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. . . . Matthew 3:11,12 I indeed baptize you in water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire. . . . Mark 1:7,8 And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. . . . Luke 3:15-17 And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ: . . . Context The Mission of John the Baptist19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? 20And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. 21And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.… Cross References Luke 3:15 And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ: John 1:8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. John 3:28 You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. Acts 13:25 And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he whom you think me to be. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. Lexicon He did not refuse to confess,ὡμολόγησεν (hōmologēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 3670: From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge. but καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. openly declared, ὡμολόγησεν (hōmologēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 3670: From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge. “I Ἐγὼ (Egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. am εἰμὶ (eimi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Christ.” Χριστός (Christos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Additional Translations He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.” And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ. And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ." He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ." and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- 'I am not the Christ.' Jump to Previous Acknowledged Christ Conceal Confess Confessed Denied Deny Fail Freely Openly Quite Straightforwardly TruthJump to Next Acknowledged Christ Conceal Confess Confessed Denied Deny Fail Freely Openly Quite Straightforwardly TruthLinks John 1:20 NIVJohn 1:20 NLT John 1:20 ESV John 1:20 NASB John 1:20 KJV John 1:20 Bible Apps John 1:20 Biblia Paralela John 1:20 Chinese Bible John 1:20 French Bible John 1:20 German Bible Alphabetical: am And but Christ confess confessed deny did fail freely He I not the to NT Gospels: John 1:20 He confessed and didn't deny but he (Jhn Jo Jn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |