Daily Discovery Bible Study

19 This is what John publicly stated when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”20 John declared plainly and clearly without hesitation, “I am not the Messiah.”

21 “So then, who are you?” they asked. “Elijah?”

“No, I'm not,” he answered.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he replied.

22 “Well, who are you, then?” they asked. “We have to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 “I am a voice calling in the desert, ‘Make the Lord's way straight!’” he said, using the words of the prophet Isaiah.

John 1: 19-23