John 1:21

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah [My God Yah]?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet (promised Messiah)?” He answered, “No.”

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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

20He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah [Anointed one].”

22+ 1:22 (22-23) MP: Pathway for the upright, those who are clean, to walk in, (waters in the desert Is 35:7) and not for those unclean. (See also Is 29:18-19). (Is 35:8) They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah [My God Yah] + 11:14 Context: Mal 4:5 (Heb Bible 3:23) with Matt 17:10 whose coming was predicted.

Matthew 17:10+ 17:10 (10-13) MPr: The forerunner of the Messiah, Elijah, is described in (Mal 4:5, Heb Bible 3:23, in Midrash Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer c. c. 29, 40; Mishnah Deuteronomy 3; Midrash Song of Songs 1:1; Talmud repeatedly, Yalkut repeatedly, and Mishne Torah Hilkhot Melakhim 11-12). (Mal 4:5 (Heb Bible 3:23)) His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the Torah-Teachers say that Elijah [My God Yah] + 17:10 Context: Mal 4:5 (Heb Bible 3:23) and Matt 11:14 must come first?”

John 1:25They asked him, “Why then do you mikvah ·baptise·, if you are not the Messiah [Anointed one], nor Elijah [My God Yah], nor the prophet (promised Messiah)?”

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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