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

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
they asked to ask, question V-AIA-3P H2065 ἠρώτησαν erotao (er-o-tah'-o)
Why who? which? what? IPro-ANS H5101 τί tis (tis)
then, therefore, then, (and) so Conj H3767 οὖν oun (oon)
baptizest thou to dip, sink V-PIA-2S H907 βαπτίζεις baptizo (bap-tid'-zo)
if forasmuch as, if, that Conj H1487 εἰ ei (i)
that Christ, the Anointed One, Messiah, Christ N-NMS H5547 χριστὸς Christos (khris-tos')
Elias, Elijah, an Israelite prophet N-NMS H2243 Ἠλίας Helias (hay-lee'-as)
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that prophet? a prophet (an interpreter or forth-teller of the divine will) N-NMS H4396 προφήτης prophetes (prof-ay'-tace)

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