John 3:28

Ye your selues beare me witnesse, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
- American Standard Version (1901)

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
- Basic English Bible

You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.'
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
- Darby Bible

You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
- English Revised Version

You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 3:28

3:27 A man can receive nothing - Neither he nor I. Neither could he do this, unless God had sent him: nor can I receive the title of Christ, or any honour comparable to that which he hath received from heaven. They seem to have spoken with jealousy and resentment; John answers with sweet composure of spirit.

3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom - He whom the bride follows. But all men now come to Jesus. Hence it is plain he is the bridegroom. The friend who heareth him - Talk with the bride; rejoiceth greatly - So far from envying or resenting it.

3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease - So they who are now, like John, burning and shining lights, must (if not suddenly eclipsed) like him gradually decrease, while others are increasing about them; as they in their turns grew up, amidst the decays of the former generation. Let us know how to set, as well as how to rise; and let it comfort our declining days to trace, in those who are likely to succeed us in our work, the openings of yet greater usefulness.