ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο. Antithetic parallelism (John 1:3).

ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμί. So the best MSS., making ἐγώ emphatic; the Received Text having οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ. The Baptist hints that though he is not the Messiah, the Messiah is near at hand.

ὁ Χριστός. The Evangelist has dropped the philosophic term Λόγος and adopted the Jewish title of the Messiah. He was familiar with both aspects of Jesus and makes the transition naturally and easily. See above on John 1:17.

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Old Testament