John 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not! Are you the Prophet? And he answered, No! [Deut. 18:15, 18; Mal. 4:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

Common English Bible

They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” John said, “I’m not.” “Are you the prophet?” John answered, “No.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they questioned him: "Then what are you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.

John 1:21 Cross References

Malachi 4:5

See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Matthew 16:14

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 21:11

The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Luke 1:17

With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

John 1:22

Then they said to him, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

John 1:25

They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

John 6:14

When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.”

John 7:40

When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.”