John 1:21

And they questioned him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

In Context

20And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

22Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those sending us? What do you say concerning yourself?”

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5Behold, I am sending Elijah the prophet to you, || Before the coming of the great and fearful Day of YHWH.

Matthew 11:14and if you are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come;

Matthew 17:10And His disciples questioned Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

John 1:25and they questioned him and said to him, “Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

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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