John 1:24
The priests and Levites sent by the Pharisees
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
In Context
25asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you're not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
Cross References
Matthew 23:13But what a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You slam shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves don't go in, yet you don't let anyone in who is trying to enter.
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the religious teachers rejected what God wanted them to do, for they had refused to be baptized by John.
Luke 11:53As Jesus was leaving, the religious teachers and the Pharisees began to attack him aggressively, asking questions to provoke him.
John 3:1There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
Acts 23:8(The Sadducees say there is no resurrection from the dead, no angels, and no spirits, but Pharisees believe in all of these.)
Philippians 3:5I was circumcised on the eighth day, I'm an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, a true Hebrew. Regarding legal observance I'm 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 →