John 1:25

and they-ask same and say to{same}, "So, what[?] you-are-immersing if you are_not_being the Anointed nor Elijah nor the prophet[?]"

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

24and the having-been-sent-off/away have-been-being out of{the Pharisees},

26The John responds to{same}, saying, "I am-immersing in to{water}; moreover, midst of{you} has-stood whom you have_not_beheld.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:23and, of{same come[ing]} into the consecrated[i.e. temple], the chief-consecrateds[i.e. chief priests] and the elders of{the people} come-toward to{same}, to{teaching}, saying, "In to{about-what-such[?] authority} you-are-doing the-same and who[?] gives the authority, the-same, to{you}[?]"

Acts 4:5Moreover, it-becomes upon the next-day to-be-gathered of{same} the chiefs and the elders and the scribes in Jerusalem,

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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