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John 1:21

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21So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” n

He answered, “No, I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?” n they asked.

He answered, “No.”

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Footnotes

  1. nElijah A prophet who spoke for God. He lived hundreds of years before Christ and was expected to return before Christ (Malachi 4:5–6).
  2. nProphet They probably meant the prophet that God told Moses he would send (Deuteronomy 18:15–19).

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.