John 1:25

American Standard Version (1901)

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

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  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
  • John 1:20-22 : 20 And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. 22 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
  • Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times. 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
  • Deut 18:15 : 15 Jehovah 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;
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; 6 and Annas the high priest [was there], and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:26
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    26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

  • John 1:19-24
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    83%

    19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

    20And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

    21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

    22They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

    24And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

  • John 3:22-26
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    82%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

    23And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

    24For John was not yet cast into prison.

    25There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

    26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  • Acts 19:3
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    3And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    78%

    3And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

  • Matt 21:25
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    25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him?

  • John 1:33
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    33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

  • Mark 11:30
    78%

    30The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

  • John 1:31
    77%

    31And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

  • Matt 11:3
    77%

    3and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

  • John 3:28
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    28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

    14But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;

    16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you [ in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

  • Luke 7:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

    19And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

    20And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

  • Mark 8:28
    74%

    28And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • Mark 1:7-9
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    7And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

    8I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

    9And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.

  • Matt 16:14
    74%

    14And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

    5And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 3:6
    73%

    6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • John 4:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

    2(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

  • John 1:28
    73%

    28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

    25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not [he] . But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.

  • Luke 7:29
    72%

    29And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

  • Matt 3:3
    72%

    3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Luke 9:19
    72%

    19And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others [say], Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    72%

    15lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

  • Luke 3:3
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    3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

  • Acts 1:5
    72%

    5For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

  • Mark 6:15
    72%

    15But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, [It is] a prophet, [even] as one of the prophets.

  • Matt 3:11
    71%

    11I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire: