John 1:25 “asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor El…”

John 1:25

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

World English Bible

They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you 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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that 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?

Young's 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?'

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?

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Cross references

“Why”

Matthew 21:23 Acts 5:28 Acts 4:5–7

Matthew 21:23 · BSB

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

Acts 5:28 · BSB

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Acts 4:5–7 · BSB

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

“that Christ”

John 1:20–22 Daniel 9:24–26

John 1:20–22 · BSB

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Daniel 9:24–26 · BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and t…

Also

Deuteronomy 18:18 Deuteronomy 18:15

Deuteronomy 18:18 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 18:15 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24Then the Pharisees who had been sent

26“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

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