24Now some Pharisees who had been sent
24Now some Pharisees who had been sent
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.' "
24 Now some Pharisees who had been sent
25 questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26 "I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know.
1:24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:24And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
1:24And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
1:24And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
1:24And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
1:24And they who were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:24The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
1:24And those sent were of the Pharisees,
1:24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.