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


In Context

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.

27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

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 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:25And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not 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?