...inquired of him, why he baptized. His answer to them was ; " I baptize with water, but there siandeth one among you whom ye know not : He it is who coming after me is. preferred before me, whose shoc's latehct I am not worthy to uuloose." It is worthy of remark, that the very next day John secth...

...not told them he wa» not the Christ, and adds, v. 30. he and said unto him, '•' Why bap** tizest thou then, if thou be " not that Christ, nor Elias, " neither that prophet ?" John 5 answered them, saying, " I bap" tize with water : but there " standeth (/) one among you, " whom...

...the pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptiz?st thou, then, if thou be not thnt Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered...but there standeth one among you whom ye know not. Fie it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me; whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to unloose....

...unto hiin, Why baptizest thoff then, if tliou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 26 John answered them saying, I baptize with water :...but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27 He it is, who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to...

...they which were <rnt were of the Pharisees. And •'>-y asked him, and said unto bim, Why baptizes! thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,...who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes' latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bcthabara, beyond Jordan, where...

...on the wing, to announce a greater than John Baptist, even Him of whom John Baptist himself says, " There standeth one among you, whom ye know not ? He...who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoes' latchet I am not worthy to unloose." This solemn preparation for the manifestation of God in...

...neither that prophet;" he immediately informs them of Christ,saying, "I baptize with water,but thdre standeth one among you, whom ye know not. He it is^...who coming after me, is preferred before me ; whose shoes' latchet I am not worthy to unloose." John, i. 25, 26, 27, 29. And the next day he infornls them...

...be ushered in. Accordingly we find that when they sent • messengers to him, saying, "Why baptizest thou, then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet ;'* he immediately informs them of Christ,saying, "I baptize with water,but there standeth one among...

...they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know...

...and began to dispute his commission to baptize; " They asked him, and said unto him, " Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that " Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?" St. John's reply shows his own humility, and, at the same time, bears testimony to the dignity of Jesus....