John 1:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
  • John 1:20-22 : 20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ. 21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not. 22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
  • Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place. 25 Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork. 26 And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
  • Deut 18:15 : 15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem; 6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest. 7 Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

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  • John 1:26
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    26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

  • John 1:19-24
    6 verses
    83%

    19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

    20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

    21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

    22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

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

    24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

  • John 3:22-26
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    82%

    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

    23 Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

    24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

    25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

    26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • Acts 19:3
    79%

    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

  • Luke 20:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

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

  • Matt 21:25
    78%

    25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • John 1:33
    78%

    33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Mark 11:30
    78%

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

  • John 1:31
    77%

    31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

  • Matt 11:3
    77%

    3 To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • John 3:28
    76%

    28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

    14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    76%

    15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

    16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

  • Luke 7:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

    19 Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

    20 And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • Mark 8:28
    74%

    28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • Mark 1:7-9
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    7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

  • Matt 16:14
    74%

    14 And 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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    73%

    4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

    5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

  • Matt 3:6
    73%

    6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

  • John 4:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

    2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

  • John 1:28
    73%

    28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

    25 And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

  • Luke 7:29
    72%

    29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

  • Matt 3:1
    72%

    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

  • Matt 3:3
    72%

    3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • Luke 9:19
    72%

    19 And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    72%

    15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

  • Luke 3:3
    72%

    3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • Acts 1:5
    72%

    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Mark 6:15
    72%

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

  • Matt 3:11
    71%

    11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire: