Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” “I baptize.

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

John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me.

John 1:24–27 — The New King James Version (NKJV). 24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if ...

Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him,“Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

John 1:24-27 Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

Chapter 1. 24(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, ...

24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, 'Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, * nor Elijah, nor the prophet?

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 This one was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being ...