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John 1:25 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 25
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?John 1:25 · King James Version
John 1:25 in context
23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- askederōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- EliasēliasElijah = " my God is Jehovah" , a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching…G2243 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28