For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “I am not the Christ.”

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.”

“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is He?”

And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

However, we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” But others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He?

Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already reached the decision that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be excommunicated from the synagogue.

The Jews then surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, and He who comes into the world.”

The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’ ? Who is this Son of Man?”

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that by believing you may have life in His name.