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They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, 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 to ask, question V-AIA-3P H2065 ἠρώτησαν ērōtēsan
him, and said to say H3004 εἶπαν eipan
to him, "Why who? which? what? IPro-ANS H5101 τί ti
then therefore, then, (and) so Conj H3767 οὖν oun
are you baptizing, to dip, sink V-PIA-2S H907 βαπτίζεις baptizeis
if sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.) Conj H1487 εἰ ei
you are not the Christ, the Anointed One, Messiah, Christ N-NMS H5547 χριστὸς christos
nor and not, neither Conj H3761 οὐδὲ oude
Elijah, Elijah, an Isr. prophet N-NMS H2243 Ἠλίας ēlias
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nor and not, neither Conj H3761 οὐδὲ oude
the Prophet?" a prophet (an interpreter or forth-teller of the divine will) 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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New American Standard Bible 1995 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
King James Bible They And they asked him, and said to unto him, "Why then are you baptizing, Why baptizest thou then, if you are thou be not the that Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"Elias, neither that prophet?
Berean Bible They and they asked him, him and said to him, "Why “Why then are do you baptizing, baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"prophet?”
Hebrew Greek English They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"