John 1:21

and they-ask same, "So, what[?] Elijah you are-being[?]," and he-is-saying, "I-am_not_being." "The prophet you are-being[?]," and he-responds, "Not."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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-acknowledges, and does_not_deny, and acknowledges that "I am_not_being the Anointed,"

22So, they-say to{same}, "Who[?] you-are-being, in-which-place we-may-give response to{the dispatch[ing]} us[?] What[?] you-are-saying about of{yourself}[?]"

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14and if you-are-will-ing to-receive, same is-being Elijah, the being-about to-be-being-come.

Matthew 17:10and the disciples of{same} ask-upon same, saying, "So, what[?] the scribes are-saying that it-is-necessitating Elijah to-come first[?]"

John 1:25and they-ask same and say to{same}, "So, what[?] you-are-immersing if you are_not_being the Anointed 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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