John 1:25

25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

John 1:25 in Other Translations

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

25 They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? ”

25 asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”

25 Now they had a question of their own: "If you're neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

25 They asked John, "Why do you baptize if you're not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?"

25 So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"

25 asked him, "If you are not the Christ, why are you baptizing people? Why are you doing that if you aren't Elijah or the Prophet we've been expecting?"

John 1:25 In-Context

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent

25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.

27 He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”