John 3:26 YLT

²⁴  for John was not yet cast into the prison --

²⁵  there arose then a question from the disciples of John with 'some' Jews about purifying,

²⁶  and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

²⁷  John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

²⁸  ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;