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and they asked him and said to him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
they asked (a) to ask (a question), question, (b) to request, make a request to, pray. V-AIA-3P H2065 ἠρώτησαν ērōtēsan
said Answer, bid, bring word, command. H3004 εἶπαν eipan
“Why Who, which, what, why. IPro-ANS H5101 τί ti
then Therefore, then. Conj H3767 οὖν oun
do you baptize, Literal: to dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; to baptize. V-PIA-2S H907 βαπτίζεις baptizeis
if If. Conj H1487 εἰ ei
Christ, Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. N-NMS H5547 χριστὸς christos
nor Neither, nor, not even, and not. Conj H3761 οὐδὲ oude
Elijah, Elijah, the prophet. N-NMS H2243 Ἠλίας ēlias
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nor Neither, nor, not even, and not. Conj H3761 οὐδὲ oude
prophet?” A prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth. N-NMS H4396 προφήτης prophētēs

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Elijah

Elijah [N] [B] [H]  [S] whose God is Jehovah.  "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but it is impossible to say whether this was the place referred to in the name given to the prophet.  Having deliver... View Details

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Berean Bible and they asked him and said to him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
King James Bible and And they asked him him, and said to unto him, “Why then do you baptize, Why baptizest thou then, if you are thou be not the that Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”Elias, neither that prophet?
Hebrew Greek English and they They asked him him, and said to him, “Why "Why then do are you baptize, baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”Prophet?"
New American Standard Bible 1995 and they They asked him him, and said to him, “Why "Why then do are you baptize, baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”Prophet?"