John 1:25

They 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)?”

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In The King James Version

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

In Context

24The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees [Separated].

26+ 1:26 (+32-34) MP: God will set Messiah apart amidst people who do not recognize or understand (in darkness). (Is 60:2) John [Yah is gracious] answered them, “I mikvah ·baptise· in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. + 18:18. Quoted in Acts 3:22 I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall enjoin + 18:18. Quoted in John 12:49 him.

Matthew 21:23+ 21:23. MP: The earth and its kingdoms will be uprooted and shaken, in lieu of the unshakable Kingdom of Messiah. Messiah visits the Temple. (Hag 2:6-9, 2:21-23) When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

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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