John 1:22

So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

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In The King James Version

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

In Context

21And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 24:13So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

Matthew Henry on John 1:20-29

John's Testimony to Christ; John Examined by the Priests. 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one… Read the whole commentary →

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