John 1:24
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter[.]
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
Luke 11:53And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
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 →