John 1:25

NETBible

So they asked John, 1  “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, 2  nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

NIV ©

questioned him, "Why then do you baptise if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

asked him, "If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?"

MSG ©

Now they had a question of their own: "If you're neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"

BBE ©

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?

NRSV ©

They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

NKJV ©

And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

KJV
And
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they asked
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him
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and
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said
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unto him
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Why
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baptizest thou
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then
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if
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thou
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be
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not
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that Christ
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nor
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Elias
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neither
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that prophet
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NASB ©
They asked
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him, and said
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to him, "Why
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then
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are you baptizing
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, if
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you are not the Christ
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, nor
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Elijah
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, nor
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the Prophet
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?"
NET [draft] ITL
So
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they asked
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John
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, “Why
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then
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are you baptizing
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if
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you
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are
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not
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the Christ
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, nor
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Elijah
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, nor
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the Prophet
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?”
GREEK
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CONJ
hrwthsan
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V-AAI-3P
auton
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P-ASM
kai
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CONJ
eipan
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V-2AAI-3P
autw
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P-DSM
ti
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I-NSN
oun
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CONJ
baptizeiv
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V-PAI-2S
ei
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COND
su
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P-2NS
ouk
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PRT-N
ei
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V-PXI-2S
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T-NSM
cristov
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ADV
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ADV
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T-NSM
profhthv
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N-NSM
NETBible

So they asked John, 1  “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, 2  nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “And they asked him, and said to him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the phrase has been simplified in the translation to “So they asked John.”

2 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

2 sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.