American Standard Version
"And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? "
— John 1:25, American Standard Version
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
“They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"”
“So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?””
“And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?”
“And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?”
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. 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 Isaiah the prophet.
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.