mnt - John:1:19-28

mnt@John:1:19 @ Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

mnt@John:1:20 @ He acknowledged - he did not deny it - but acknowledged, "I am not the Christ."

mnt@John:1:21 @ "What then?" they questioned; "Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he replied.

mnt@John:1:22 @ Then said they to him. "Who are you? That we may give some answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"

mnt@John:1:23 @ He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah."

mnt@John:1:24 @ Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

mnt@John:1:25 @ so they questioned him, saying, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

mnt@John:1:26 @ "I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

mnt@John:1:27 @ One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

mnt@John:1:28 @ This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.