John 1:25
asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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Why.

Matthew 21:23
When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him. "By what authority are You doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave You this authority?"

Acts 4:5-7
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, . . .

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."

that Christ.

John 1:20-22
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, "I am not the Christ." . . .

Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy 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. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?""

International Standard Version
They asked him, "Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"

NET Bible
So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they asked him and said to him, “Why therefore are you baptizing, if you are not The Messiah, nor Elijah, nor The Prophet?”
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