John 1:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις, εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστός, οὔτε Ἠλίας, οὔτε ὁ προφήτης;

Transliteration

And they ērōtēsan auton, and eipon autō, Why then baptizeis, if sy not ei the Christos, nor Ēlias, nor the prophētēs?

Grammar Details

• *ērōtēsan*: aorist active indicative 3rd person plural of *erōtaō* - asked/questioned
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative 3rd person plural of *legō* - said
• *autō*: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• *baptizeis*: present active indicative 2nd person singular of *baptizō* - you baptize
• *sy*: nominative 2nd person singular pronoun - you
• *ei*: present active indicative 2nd person singular of *eimi* - are
• *Christos*: nominative masculine singular - Christ/Messiah
• *Ēlias*: nominative masculine singular - Elijah
• *prophētēs*: nominative masculine singular - prophet

Word Meanings

• *ērōtēsan*: asked/questioned/inquired
• *baptizeis*: you baptize/immerse/cleanse ritually
• *Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *prophētēs*: prophet (referring to the prophet like Moses)

Referenced Verses

• 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, {G3756} We strictly charged you {G1321} 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?