John 1:25

So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you -- from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

Daniel 9:24-26

"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

Matthew 21:23

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Acts 4:5-7

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

Acts 5:28

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!"

John 1:20-22

He confessed -- he did not deny but confessed -- "I am not the Christ!"

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Summary

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

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That christ

John 1:20
He confessed -- he did not deny but confessed -- "I am not the Christ!"
Daniel 9:24
"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

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