John 1:24

Now some from the Pharisees were sent,

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And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

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23He said, 1 “I am a voice, crying in the wilderness: 1 'Make the way of the Lord straight,' just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

25and they asked him and said to him, “Why do you baptize then if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.

Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the experts in Jewish law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

Luke 11:53After Jesus left there, the scribes and the Pharisees opposed him and argued with him about many things,

John 3:1Now there was a Pharisee whose name was Nicodemus, a Jewish leader.

Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, no angels, and no spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge all of them.

Philippians 3:5I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; with regard to the law, 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 →

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