Yohanes 3:28

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kamu sendiri dapat memberi kesaksian, bahwa aku telah berkata: Aku bukan Mesias, tetapi aku diutus untuk mendahului-Nya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kamu sendiri dapat memberi kesaksian, bahwa aku telah berkata: Aku bukan Mesias, tetapi aku diutus untuk mendahului-Nya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka kamu sendiri juga menyaksikan kepadaku, bahwa aku telah berkata demikian: Aku ini bukan Kristus itu, melainkan: Aku disuruhkan terlebih dahulu daripada-Nya.

Contextual Overview

²² After these thynges, came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iurie, and there he taryed with the, & baptized. ²³ And Iohn also baptized in Enon, besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. ²⁴ For Iohn was not yet cast into prison. ²⁵ And there arose a question betwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes, about purifiyng. ²⁶ And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym. ²⁷ Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. ²⁸ Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. ²⁹ He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. ³⁰ He must increace, but I must decreace. ³¹ He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I said: John 1:20, John 1:25, John 1:27

but: John 1:23, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:4, Malachi 4:5, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:12, Mark 1:2, Mark 1:3, Luke 1:16, Luke 1:17, Luke 1:76, Luke 3:4-6

Reciprocal: Mark 1:7 - General Luke 3:15 - mused John 1:6 - a man John 1:8 - that light Acts 3:12 - or Acts 18:5 - was Christ Acts 19:4 - John 1 Corinthians 1:15 - I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye yourselves bear me witness,.... In what they now said, and referred to, in describing Christ, as he to whom John bore witness; and he appeals to them for what he said in their presence, and before all the people in that testimony:

that I said I am not the Christ; see John 1:19; wherefore, if he, who is the Christ, is now come, and teaches, and baptizes, and has the greatest number of followers, it is not to be wondered at; and much less to be envied; but rather to be rejoiced at. For John, by repeating what he had before said, that he was not the Christ, suggests, that Jesus was; and therefore was superior to him in office, honour, and usefulness, who was only his harbinger and forerunner, as follows:

but I am sent before him; to prepare his way, to make straight his paths, to proclaim his coming, and kingdom, being at hand; and that the expectations of men may be raised, and they may be ready to receive him when come: and hereby the end of John's office, and ministry, had its accomplishment. The Ethiopic version adds, "to preach him".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bear me witness - You remember that at first I told you I was not the Messiah. As he had been “witness” to Jesus - as he came for no other end but to point him out to the Jews, they ought not to suppose that he was his superior. It was but reasonable to expect that Christ himself would be more successful than his forerunner. “I came, not to form a separate party, a special sect, but to prepare the way that he might be more successful, and that the people might be ready for his coming, and that he might have the success which he has actually met with. You should rejoice, therefore, at that success, and not envy it, for ‘his success’ is the best proof of the greatness of my word, and of its ‘success also.’”