Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

After this prologue, the chapter describes Jesus recruiting the first of His disciples, as well as a conversation between John the Baptist and the Pharisees.

New International Version Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made.

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' ”

Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they ...

John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias.