You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 3:28 in context
John 3:25–31
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Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
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They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
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John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
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You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
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He must increase, but I must decrease.
31
“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
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