John 1:24
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
In Context
25They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
Cross References
Matthew 23:13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter." [
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the Law scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
Luke 11:53And when he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people.
Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning 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 →