Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?
New American Standard Bible
They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the
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?
Holman Bible
So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
International Standard Version
They asked him, "Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"
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?
Amplified
They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
An Understandable Version
They asked him, "Why do you immerse people then, if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet [Moses]?"
Anderson New Testament
and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
Bible in Basic English
And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
Common New Testament
They asked him, "Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
"why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elias, nor any other prophet?"
Darby Translation
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
Godbey New Testament
And they asked him, and said to him, Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that prophet?
John Wesley New Testament
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
Julia Smith Translation
And they asked him, and said to him, Why immersest thou then, if thou art not Christ, neither Elias, neither a prophet?
King James 2000
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptize you then, if you are not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
Modern King James verseion
And they asked him and said, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that Prophet?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why baptisest thou then, if thou be not Christ, nor Elijah, neither a prophet?"
Moffatt New Testament
so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
Montgomery New Testament
so they questioned him, saying, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
NET Bible
So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
New Heart English Bible
And they asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
Noyes New Testament
and they asked him and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
Sawyer New Testament
And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
The Emphasized Bible
and they questioned him, and said unto him - Why, then, dost thou immerse, - if, thou, art not, the Christ, nor Elijah, nor, the Prophet?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And they questioned him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elias, nor that prophet?
Twentieth Century New Testament
And their next question was: "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor yet 'the Prophet'?"
Webster
And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
Weymouth New Testament
Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
Williams New Testament
so they asked him, "Why are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
World English Bible
They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
Worrell New Testament
And they asked him, and said to him, "Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
Worsley New Testament
and they asked him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor a prophet?
Youngs 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?'
Themes
Elijah » Antitype of john the baptist
Jesus Christ » History of » Testimony of john the baptist concerning (at bethabara)
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 36 Translations in John 1:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
John The Baptist Testifies To Jesus
24 And those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:15
LORD thy God will raise up for thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brothers, like me. Ye shall hearken to him
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up a prophet for them from among their brothers, like thee. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and pr
Matthew 21:23
And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?
Acts 4:5-7
And it came to pass on the morrow, to be assembled in Jerusalem, their rulers, and elders, and scholars,
Acts 5:28
saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man's blood.
John 1:20-22
And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Christ.