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23 He said, “I am (A)a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the [a]Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the [b]Christ, nor Elijah, nor (B)the Prophet?”

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  1. John 1:23 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
  2. John 1:25 Messiah

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)

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?”

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  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3