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


In Context

22 They said therefore to him, |Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?|

23 He said, |I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said.|

24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

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

26 John answered them, |I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen.|

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 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 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?