John 1:21

"What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ."

22So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said-- "that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah who was to come.

Matthew 17:10"Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

John 1:25Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ 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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