Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on John 3:28 in English Standard Version "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’" Mal 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. Mr 1:2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, Lu 1:17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” Joh 1:20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” Ac 19:4 And 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, Jesus.”