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The Darby Translation
John 1:20
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He didn’t deny it but confessed: “I am not the Messiah.”
And he confessed, and denied not: but confessed, I am not the Christ.
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: "I am not the Christ."
John spoke freely and did not refuse to answer. He said, "I am not the Christ."
And he confessed [truthfully] and did not deny [that he was only a man], but acknowledged, "I am not the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!"
And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, "I am not the Christ."
he was very straightforward and stated clearly, "I am not the Messiah."
Without any hesitation he said openly and plainly, "I am not the Messiah."
And he confessed and denied not, and said plainely, I am not that Christ.
And he confessed and did not deny it; but he declared, I am not the Christ.
John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and clearly, saying: "I am not the Messiah."
And he confessed—and he did not deny, and confessed—"I am not the Christ!"
And he acknowledged and did not deny; yea, he acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, "I am not the Messiah."
He spoke openly and did not deny it, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."[fn]Luke 3:15; John 3:28; Acts 13:25;">[xr]
And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed, I am not the Meshicha.
And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed I am not the Messiah.
And he confessed and denyed not, and sayde playnely, I am not that Christe.
And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
He confessed, and didn't deny, but 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 knoulechide, and denyede not, and he knoulechide, For Y am not Crist.
And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
He confessed—he did not deny but confessed—"I am not the Christ!"
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
He came right out and said, "I am not the Messiah."
He told them without holding back any words, "I am not the Christ!"
He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, "I am not the Messiah."
and he confessed, and did not deny, - and he confessed - I, am not, the Christ;
And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnly: I am not Christ.
and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- `I am not the Christ.'
And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ.
he own'd it, and did not deny it; but made this protestation, I am not the Christ.
John flat out told them, "I am not the Top Hand. I cannot save you."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 3:28-36, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:12, Mark 1:7, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:15-17
Reciprocal: John 1:8 - that light John 1:24 - that Christ Acts 13:25 - whom
Cross-References
And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.
And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.
Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he confessed, and denied not,.... He freely, and without any reserve, declared, and in the plainest and strongest terms professed to the messengers before all the people, that he was not the Messiah; nor did he retract his confession, or draw in his words again, or drop any thing that looked doubtful or suspicious;
but confessed, I am not the Christ: he stood to it, and insisted on it, that he was not that illustrious person; nor had they any reason to entertain such an opinion of him; nor would he have them do so; they might assure themselves he was not Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am not the Christ - This confession proves that John was not an impostor. He had a wide reputation. The nation was expecting that the Messiah was about to come, and multitudes were ready to believe that John was he, Luke 3:15. If John had been an impostor he would have taken advantage of this excited state of public feeling, proclaimed himself to be the Messiah, and formed a large party in his favor. The fact that he did not do it is full proof that he did not intend to impose on people, but came only as the forerunner of Christ; and his example shows that all Christians, and especially all Christian ministers, however much they may be honored and blessed, should be willing to lay all their honors at the feet of Jesus; to keep themselves back and to hold up before the world only the Son of God. To do this is one eminent mark of the true spirit of a minister of the gospel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 1:20. He confessed, and denied not; but confessed — A common mode of Jewish phraseology. John renounces himself, that Jesus may be all in all. Though God had highly honoured him, and favoured him with peculiar influence in the discharge of his work, yet he considered he had nothing but what he had received, and therefore, giving all praise to his benefactor, takes care to direct the attention of the people to him alone from whom he had received his mercies. He who makes use of God's gifts to feed and strengthen his pride and vanity will be sure to be stripped of the goods wherein he trusts, and fall down into the condemnation of the devil. We have nothing but what we have received; we deserve nothing of what we possess; and it is only God's infinite mercy which keeps us in the possession of the blessings which we now enjoy.
