20 And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “(A)I am not the [a]Christ.”

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  1. John 1:20 I.e., Messiah

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(A)

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23 He said, “I am (A)the voice of one calling [a]out in the wilderness, ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

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  1. John 1:23 Or out, In the wilderness make the way

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)

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  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3