John 1:21

And they asked him again: Who then? Art thou Elijah? And he said: I am not. Art thou a prophet? And he said, No.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 confessed, and denied not, but confessed I am not the Messiah.

22And they said to him: Who art thou? that we may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14And, if ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was to come.

Matthew 17:10And his disciples asked him, and said to him: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?

John 1:25And they asked him, and said to him: Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a 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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