And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And this is the record (or 'testimony,') of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? By "the Jews" here, and almost always in this Gospel, is meant-not the Jewish nation, as contrasted with the Gentiles, but-`the rulers' of the nation.