Yohanes 3:28

3:28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ ¹  but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

Yohanes 3:30

3:30 He must become more important while I become less important.” ² 

[3:28]  ¹ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

[3:28]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

[3:30]  ² sn Some interpreters extend the quotation of John the Baptist’s words through v. 36.