KJV King James Version
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 1:25
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
WEB World English Bible
They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
ASV American Standard Version
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they questioned him and said to him, ‘Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’
Surrounding context — John 1
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἠρώτησανG2065 · erōtaōto askαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπανG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heτίG5101 · tiswhich?οὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenβαπτίζειςG907 · baptizōto baptizeεἰG1487 · eiifσὺG4771 · suyouοὐκG3756 · ounoεἶG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoχριστὸςG5547 · ChristosChristοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorἨλίαςG2243 · HēliasElijahοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροφήτης;G4396 · prophētēsprophet
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;John 1:20-22And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.Matthew 21:23And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?Acts 5:28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.Acts 4:5-7And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,Daniel 9:24-26Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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