John 1:20

1:20 He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!” ¹ 

John 1:25

1:25 So they asked John, ²  “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, ³  nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

John 1:27

1:27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy ⁴  to untie the strap ⁵  of his sandal!”

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

² tn Grk “And they asked him, and said to him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the phrase has been simplified in the translation to “So they asked John.”

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

⁴ tn Grk “of whom I am not worthy.”

⁵ tn The term refers to the leather strap or thong used to bind a sandal. This is often viewed as a collective singular and translated as a plural, “the straps of his sandals,” but it may be more emphatic to retain the singular here.