25. And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
26. John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. [Mal. 3:1.]
27. It is He Who, coming after me, is preferred before me, the string of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28. These things occurred in Bethany (Bethabara) across the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing], where John was then baptizing.
29. The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world! [Exod. 12:3; Isa. 53:7.]