John 1:25

So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

Matthew 21:23

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

Acts 4:5-7

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

Acts 5:28

“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man’s blood on us!”

John 1:20-22

He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

That christ

John 1:20

Daniel 9:24

Bible References

That christ

He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”