Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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?"

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?

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?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἐρωτάω 
Erotao 
Usage: 42

him

Usage: 0

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

Why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

baptizest thou
βαπτίζω 
Baptizo 
Usage: 65

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

be
εἶ 
Ei 
thou art, be
Usage: 75

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

nor
οὔτε 
Oute 
neither, nor, nor yet, no not, not, yet not,
Usage: 68

Ἡλίας 
helias 
Usage: 24

οὔτε 
Oute 
neither, nor, nor yet, no not, not, yet not,
Usage: 68

References

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Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

John The Baptist Testifies To Jesus

24 And they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,


Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:15

Jehovah 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;

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto 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 prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

Matthew 21:23

And 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 4:5-7

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Acts 5:28

saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

John 1:20-22

And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

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