"And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. {that…" — John 1:21

John 1:21 · KJV

“And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. {that prophet: or, a prophet?}”

— John 1:21

Verse 20

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

Verse 22

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

John 1 — Context

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

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

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

Then said they 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 the prophet Esaias.

Cross References

Malachi 4:5

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

Deuteronomy 18:15-18

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;

Matthew 11:14

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

John 1:25

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

Luke 1:17

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. {to the wisdom: or, by the wisdom}

Matthew 17:10-12

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

Matthew 16:14

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

Matthew 11:9-11

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.