NET Bible
"So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”"
— John 1:25, NET Bible
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?”
“And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? ”
“They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, 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?”
Then they said to him,“Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
John said,“I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”
These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.