⁸ He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.

²⁰ He confessed and did not deny it, but he confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”^[a](A)

⁴ Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”^(A)

²⁸ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,^[a] but I have been sent ahead of him.’^(A)