²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in ^[a]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

A Voice in the Wilderness^(A)

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

^67 (A)“If You are the Christ, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will ^(B)by no means believe. ⁶⁸ And if I ^[a]also ask you, you will by no means answer ^[b]Me or let Me go. ^69 (C)Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰ Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?”

So He said to them, ^(D)“You rightly say that I am.”

³ and said to Him, “Are You ^(A)the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

¹² Therefore, since we have such hope, ^(A)we use great boldness of speech—

Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you ^(A)plainly about the Father.

²² His parents said these things because ^(A)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he ^(B)would be put out of the synagogue.

⁵³ Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. ^(A)Who do You make Yourself out to be?”

²⁵ Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I ^(A)have been saying to you from the beginning.

¹⁵ Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,