²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(A)the Christ, ^(B)tell us plainly.”

The Testimony of John the Baptist

¹⁹ And this is the ^(A)testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ^(B)“Who are you?”

^67 (A)“If you are ^(B)the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, ⁶⁸ and if I ask you, you will not answer. ⁶⁹ But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated ^(C)at the right hand of the power of God.” ⁷⁰ So they all said, “Are you ^(D)the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, ^(E)“You say that I am.”

³ and said to him, “Are you ^(A)the one who is to come, or shall we ^(B)look for another?”

¹² Since we have such a hope, ^(A)we are very bold,

I Have Overcome the World

²⁵ “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. ^(A)The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

²² (His parents said these things ^(A)because they feared the Jews, for ^(B)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^(C)confess Jesus^[a] to be Christ, ^(D)he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

^53 (A)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”

²⁵ So they said to him, ^(A)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

¹⁵ As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, ^(A)whether he might be ^(B)the Christ,