Juan 1:22

22 —¿Entonces quién eres? ¡Tenemos que llevar una respuesta a los que nos enviaron! ¿Cómo te ves a ti mismo?

Juan 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.

Juan 1:22 In-Context

20 No se negó a declararlo, sino que confesó con franqueza:—Yo no soy el Cristo.

21 —¿Quién eres entonces? —le preguntaron—. ¿Acaso eres Elías?—No lo soy.—¿Eres el profeta?—No lo soy.

22 —¿Entonces quién eres? ¡Tenemos que llevar una respuesta a los que nos enviaron! ¿Cómo te ves a ti mismo?

23 —Yo soy la voz del que grita en el desierto: “Enderecen el camino del Señor” —respondió Juan, con las palabras del profeta Isaías.

24 Algunos que habían sido enviados por los fariseos