João 1:22

22 Finalmente perguntaram: “Quem é você? Dê-nos uma resposta, para que a levemos àqueles que nos enviaram. Que diz você acerca de si próprio?”

João 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.

João 1:22 In-Context

20 Ele confessou e não negou; declarou abertamente: “Não sou o Cristo”.

21 Perguntaram-lhe: “E então, quem é você? É Elias?”Ele disse: “Não sou”.“É o Profeta?”Ele respondeu: “Não”.

22 Finalmente perguntaram: “Quem é você? Dê-nos uma resposta, para que a levemos àqueles que nos enviaram. Que diz você acerca de si próprio?”

23 João respondeu com as palavras do profeta Isaías: “Eu sou a voz do que clama no deserto:. ‘Façam um caminho reto para o Senhor’”

24 Alguns fariseus que tinham sido enviados