acv - John:1:19-28

acv@John:1:19 @ And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou?

acv@John:1:20 @ And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Christ.

acv@John:1:21 @ And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

acv@John:1:22 @ They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself?

acv@John:1:23 @ He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said.

acv@John:1:24 @ And those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

acv@John:1:25 @ And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?

acv@John:1:26 @ John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not.

acv@John:1:27 @ He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.

acv@John:1:28 @ These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was immersing.