Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

New American Standard Bible

and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?”

King James Version

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

Holman Bible

and asked Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

International Standard Version

and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

A Conservative Version

he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another?

American Standard Version

and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

Amplified

and asked Him, “Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else [who will be the promised One]?”

An Understandable Version

and said to Jesus, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Anderson New Testament

and said to him: Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

Common New Testament

and said to him, "Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

art thou he that was to come, or must we expect another?

Darby Translation

and said to him, Art thou the coming one? or are we to wait for another?

Godbey New Testament

said to Him, Art thou He who is coming, or must we expect another?

Goodspeed New Testament

and said to him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

John Wesley New Testament

And said to him, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?

Julia Smith Translation

He said to him, Art thou he coming, or should we look for another?

King James 2000

And said unto him, Are you he that should come, or do we look for another?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[and] said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

Modern King James verseion

And they said to Him, Are You he who should come, or do we look for another?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Art thou he that shall come? or, shall we look for another?"

Moffatt New Testament

to ask him, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

Montgomery New Testament

"Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

NET Bible

"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

New Heart English Bible

and said to him, "Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?"

Noyes New Testament

and said to him, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

Sawyer New Testament

said to him, Are you he that was coming, or look we for another?

The Emphasized Bible

said unto him, Art, thou, the coming one? or, a different one, are we to expect?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or should we expect another?

Twentieth Century New Testament

And asked--" Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for someone else?"

Webster

And said to him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

Weymouth New Testament

"Are you the Coming One, or is it a different person that we are to expect?"

Williams New Testament

"Are you the One who was to come, or should we keep on looking for a different one?"

World English Bible

and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

Worrell New Testament

said to Him, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to look for another?"

Worsley New Testament

he sent two of his disciples to ask Him, Art thou He who was to come, or are we to expect another?

Youngs Literal Translation

said to him, 'Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

Art
εἶ 
Ei 
thou art, be
Usage: 75

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

do we look for
προσδοκάω 
Prosdokao 
Usage: 14

Context Readings

A Question From John The Baptist

2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples 3 To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another? 4 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:


Cross References

Hebrews 10:37

In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

John 11:27

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

Genesis 3:15

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Genesis 12:3

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

Genesis 49:10

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.

Deuteronomy 18:15-18

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

Psalm 2:6-12

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Psalm 110:1-5

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

Psalm 118:26

A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 7:14

For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Ezekiel 34:23-24

And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

Daniel 9:24-26

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

Hosea 3:5

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.

Joel 2:28-32

And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:

Amos 9:11-12

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

Obadiah 1:21

And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

Zephaniah 3:14-17

Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Haggai 2:7

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

Zechariah 9:9

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

Malachi 3:1

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

Malachi 4:2

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

Matthew 2:2-6

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

Matthew 21:5

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

Matthew 21:9

And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

Mark 11:9

And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:

Luke 19:38

Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

John 4:21

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

John 6:14

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

John 7:31

And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

John 7:41-42

Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?

John 12:13

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

John 16:14

He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you.

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