John 1:21

“What then?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?” “No,” he said, “I am not.” “Are you ‘the Prophet’?” He answered, “No.”

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

20He confessed and did not deny it, he confessed — “I am not the Christ.”

22“Who then are you?” they continued; “tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14and — if you are ready to accept it — John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.

Matthew 17:10“How is it,” his disciples asked, “that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”

John 1:25and their next question was: “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor yet ‘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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