John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

¹⁹ Now this was John’s^(A) testimony when the Jewish leaders^[a](B) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

¹¹ Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus^(A) and asking, “Where is he?”

¹³ But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.^(A)

¹⁵ The Jews^(A) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning^(B) without having been taught?”^(C)

³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered^(A) among the Greeks,^(B) and teach the Greeks?