Johannes 1:22

22 Da sprachen sie zu ihm: Was bist du denn? Daß wir Antwort geben denen, die uns gesandt haben. Was sagst du von dir selbst?

Johannes 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

John 1:22

Then said they unto him, who art thou?
&c.] Since, as yet, he had only answered in negatives, who he was not, that he was not the Christ, nor Elias, nor that prophet; they desire he would give them a positive account who he was: that we may give answer to them that sent us;
that their labour might not be in vain; that they might not come so far for nothing, without knowing who he was; and that they might be capable of giving an account of him to the sanhedrim: what sayest thou of thyself?
they insisted on it, that he would openly, and honestly declare who he was, and what was his office and business; that from his own mouth, and not from the opinion and conjectures of others, they might represent him in a true light to those who had deputed them on this errand.

Johannes 1:22 In-Context

20 Und er bekannte und leugnete nicht; und er bekannte: Ich bin nicht Christus.

21 Und sie fragten ihn: Was denn? Bist du Elia? Er sprach: Ich bin's nicht. Bist du der Prophet? Und er antwortete: Nein!

22 Da sprachen sie zu ihm: Was bist du denn? Daß wir Antwort geben denen, die uns gesandt haben. Was sagst du von dir selbst?

23 Er sprach: Ich bin eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste: Richtet den Weg des HERRN! wie der Prophet Jesaja gesagt hat.

24 Und die gesandt waren, die waren von den Pharisäern.