20He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ. "


In Context

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ. "

21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22 Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John 1:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, |I am not the Christ.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.