John 1:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 11:14 : 14 And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come.
  • Matt 16:14 : 14 And they said, Some say, Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and others, Ieremias, or one of the Prophets.
  • John 1:25 : 25 And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?
  • John 7:40 : 40 So many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, Of a trueth this is that Prophet.
  • Deut 18:15-18 : 15 The Lorde thy God will raise vp vnto thee a Prophet like vnto me, from among you, euen of thy brethren: vnto him ye shall hearken, 16 According to al that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voice of my Lorde God no more, nor see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken. 18 I will raise them vp a Prophet from among their brethren like vnto thee, and will put my woordes in his mouth, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaund him.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Beholde, I will sende you Eliiah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lord.
  • Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verely I say vnto you, among them which are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
  • Matt 17:10-12 : 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come? 11 And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Certeinely Elias must first come, and restore all thinges. 12 But I say vnto you that Elias is come alreadie, and they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would: likewise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:19-20
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    87%

    19 Then this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?

    20 And he confessed and denied not, and said plainely, I am not that Christ.

  • John 1:22-23
    2 verses
    85%

    22 Then said they vnto him, Who art thou, that we may giue an answere to them that sent vs? What sayest thou of thy selfe?

    23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.

  • John 1:25-27
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    83%

    25 And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?

    26 Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.

    27 He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.

  • John 3:28
    77%

    28 Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.

  • Mark 8:28-29
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    28 And they answered, Some say, Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and some, one of the Prophets.

    29 And he said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am? Then Peter answered, and saide vnto him, Thou art that Christ.

  • Matt 11:3
    74%

    3 Art thou he that shoulde come, or shal we looke for another?

  • Luke 22:67
    73%

    67 Saying, Art thou that Christ? tell vs; he said vnto them, If I tell you, ye wil not beleeue it.

  • Matt 16:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 And they said, Some say, Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and others, Ieremias, or one of the Prophets.

    15 He said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am?

  • Luke 9:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 They answered, and sayd, Iohn Baptist: and others say, Elias: and some say, that one of the olde Prophets is risen againe.

    20 And he sayd vnto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answered, and sayd, That Christ of God.

  • Luke 7:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 So Iohn called vnto him two certaine men of his disciples, and sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

    20 And when the men were come vnto him, they said, Iohn Baptist hath sent vs vnto thee, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

  • John 1:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.

    31 And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

  • Acts 13:25
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    25 And when Iohn had fulfilled his course, he saide, Whom ye thinke that I am, I am not he: but beholde, there commeth one after me, whose shooe of his feete I am not worthy to loose.

  • John 9:9
    71%

    9 Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 And he saide vnto them, What maner of man was he which came and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

    8 And they said vnto him, He was an hearie man, and girded with a girdle of lether about his loynes. Then sayde he, It is Eliiah the Tishbite.

  • Mark 6:15
    70%

    15 Other sayd, It is Elias, and some sayd, It is a Prophet, or as one of those Prophets.

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
    70%

    8 And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.

  • Luke 22:58
    70%

    58 And after a little while, another man sawe him, and saide, Thou art also of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.

  • Mark 9:11-12
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    70%

    11 Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?

    12 And he answered, and said vnto them, Elias verely shall first come, and restore all things: and as it is written of the Sonne of man, hee must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

  • Luke 7:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 But what went ye foorth to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say to you, and greater then a Prophet.

    27 This is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Matt 11:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.

    10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • John 3:26
    69%

    26 And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  • John 1:33
    69%

    33 And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.

  • Mark 14:61
    69%

    61 But hee helde his peace, and answered nothing. Againe the hie Priest asked him, and sayde vnto him, Art thou that Christ the Sonne of the Blessed?

  • Luke 20:7
    69%

    7 Therefore they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

  • John 1:8
    69%

    8 He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.

  • Mark 1:7
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    7 And preached, saying, A stronger then I commeth after me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.

  • Matt 3:3
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  • John 18:5
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    5 They answered him, Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus sayde vnto them, I am hee. Nowe Iudas also which betraied him, stoode with them.

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3 And he answered, and sayde vnto them, I also will aske you one thing: tell me therefore:

    4 The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?

  • John 18:17
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    17 Then saide the maide that kept the doore, vnto Peter, Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? He sayd, I am not.

  • John 18:25
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    25 And Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe, & they said vnto him, Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

  • Mark 11:30
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    30 The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men? answere me.

  • Luke 22:70
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    70 Then sayd they all, Art thou then ye Sonne of God? And he sayd to them, Ye say, that I am.

  • Matt 3:14
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    14 But Iohn earnestly put him backe, saying, I haue neede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?

  • John 18:34
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    34 Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

  • Matt 26:70
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    70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I wote not what thou saiest.