John 1:25

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

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

biblegateway Joh 1:25

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

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

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

SABDAweb Joh 1:25

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?

bibleoremus Joh 1:25

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

biblegateway Joh 1:25

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

biblegateway Joh 1:25

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

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.