CLV(i)
19 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews of Jerusalem dispatch to him priests and Levites that they should be inquiring of him, "Who are you?
20 And he avows and denies not and avows that "I am not the Christ."
21 And they ask him again, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?And he is saying, "I am not."
22 Are you the Prophet?And he answered, "No.They said, then, to him, "Who are you? - that we may be giving an answer to those who send us. What are you saying concerning yourself?
23 He averred, "I am 'the voice of one imploring, "In the wilderness straighten the road of the Lord!"' according as said Isaiah the prophet."
24 And those who have been dispatched were of the Pharisees.
25 And they ask him and said to him, "Why, then, are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, neither Elijah, nor the Prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, "I am baptizing in water. Now in the midst of you One stood of Whom you are not aware."
27 He it is Who, coming after me, has come to be in front of me, of Whom I am not worthy that I should be loosing the thong of His sandal."