John 1:20-23 And he declared, and did not deny; and he declared, I am not the Christ.

Noyes⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And he declared, and did not deny; and he declared, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²² They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said, I am "a voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord," as said Isaiah the prophet.