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John 1:21

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21And they asked him, “What then? Are you aElijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you bthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

Cross references

  1. aMatt 11:14; 16:14
  2. bDeut 18:15, 18; Matt 21:11; John 1:25

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”

He answered, “No.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”

“I am not,” he said.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he answered.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”

“No,” he replied.

“Are you the Prophet we are expecting?”

“No.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.