John 1:21

So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” They said, “Are you the prophet?” 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 confessed—he did not deny, but confessed—”I am not the Christ.”

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

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5See, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and fearful day of Yahweh.

Matthew 11:14and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who was to come.

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

John 1:25and they asked him and said to him, “Why do you baptize then 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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