John 1:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Finally, they said, “Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!”

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Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, “No, I am not!” And when they asked if he were the Prophet, he also said “No!”

John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”