25And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?


In Context

22 They said therefore 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 crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

24 And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

26 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.

27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.

John 1:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:25questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:25They asked him, |Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptize you then, if you be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?