John 1:21

And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' — 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

22They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Matthew 11:14and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come;

Matthew 17:10And his disciples questioned him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'

John 1:25and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not 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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