John 1:22

They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.

23He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 24:13And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that 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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