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And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why baptisest thou then, if thou be not Christ, nor Elijah, neither a 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?"
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?
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?
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 they which were sent, were of the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why baptisest thou then, if thou be not Christ, nor Elijah, neither a prophet?" 26 John answered them, saying, "I baptise with water: but one is come among you, whom ye know not.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD thy God will stir up a Prophet among you: even of thy brethren, like unto me, and unto him ye shall hearken
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy weeks are determined over thy people, and over the holy city: that the wickedness may be consumed, that the sin may have an end, that the offense may be reconciled, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, to fulfill the visions and the Prophets, and to anoint the most holy one.
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 power?"
Acts 4:5-7
And it chanced on the morrow that their rulers, and elders, and scribes:
Acts 5:28
saying, "Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and ye intend to bring this man's blood upon us."
John 1:20-22
And he confessed, and denied not, and said plainly, "I am not Christ."