John 1:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?””

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BSBPD

“asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 1:25 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  2. Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  3. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  4. Matthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
  5. John 1:20He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
  6. Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
  7. Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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