21They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."


In Context

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ. "

21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22 Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "

John 1:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21They asked him, |What then? Are you Elijah?| He said, |I am not.| |Are you the prophet?| He answered, |No.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' — 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And they asked him, What then? Are you Elias? And he said, I am not. Are you that prophet? And he answered, No.