John 1:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed , I am not the Christ.

John 1:20 —

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Cross-References

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Mark 1:7-8
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. …
Luke 3:15-17
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; …
John 3:28-36
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. …
Matthew 3:11-12
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-28)

We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1. They that sent to him were the Jews at Jerusalem, the great sanhedrim or high-commission court, which sat at Jerusalem, and was the representative of the Jewish church, who took cognizance of all…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. confessed, &c.--that is, While many were ready to hail him as the Christ, he neither gave the slightest ground for such views, nor the least entertainment to them.