John 1:22

New American Bible - revised edition

So they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:13

Gad then went to David to inform him. He asked: “Should three years of famine come upon your land; or three months of fleeing from your enemy while he pursues you; or is it to be three days of plague in your land? Now consider well: what answer am I to give to him who sent me?”

John 1:21

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

John 1:23

He said: “I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the desert, “Make straight the way of the Lord,”’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”