He came a witness to pass on
Sent to bear witness of that Light
Which to all in the world shines bright
The world which He made, He was in
But it did not recognize Him
Among His own was no welcome
But as many as received Him
To all who in His name believed
He gave to them authority
To become children of God
Who were born, not of human blood
Nor born of the will of the flesh
Nor man’s will, but of God afresh
The Word became flesh, lived with us
And we saw He was glorious
Glory as of the only Son
Full of grace, the truthful One
John bore witness of Him saying,
This was He whom I’m conveying
He who comes has priority
For He existed before me
From His abundance we’ve received
And have grace upon grace indeed
The law was given through Moses
But grace and truth Jesus shows us
No one has seen God any time
The one and only Son sublime
In the bosom of the Father
Has declared Him, had the honor
Now the Jews asked him, Who are you?
He said, I am not the Christ (That’s true)
They asked then, Are you Elijah?
And he said, I am not. (So, nah)
Are you the Prophet? He said, No
Tell us who you are, then we’ll go
He said: I’m a voice in the wild
Saying, Make the Lord’s way straight-styled
And so they asked him, Why baptize?
Someone’s here you don’t recognize
He’s coming, preferred before me
To loose His shoes I’m not worthy
In Bethabara John’s work was
A baptist witness was his cause
