John 1:21

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

And {G2532} they asked {G2065} him {G846}, What {G5101} then {G3767}? Art {G1488} thou {G4771} Elias {G2243}? And {G2532} he saith {G3004}, I am {G1510} not {G3756}. Art {G1488} thou {G4771} that prophet {G4396}? And {G2532} he answered {G611}, No {G3756}.

“Then who are you?” they asked him. “Are you Eliyahu?” “No, I am not,” he said. “Are you ‘the prophet,’ the one we’re expecting?” “No,” he replied.

“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

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

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Cross-References

  • Malachi 4:5 (12 votes)

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

  • Deuteronomy 18:15 (10 votes)

    ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

  • Deuteronomy 18:18 (10 votes)

    I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

  • Matthew 11:14 (9 votes)

    And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.

  • John 1:25 (7 votes)

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

  • Matthew 16:14 (6 votes)

    And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

  • Matthew 17:10 (6 votes)

    And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?