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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Footnotes

  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3

23 Han svarade: ”Jag är en röst som ropar i ödemarken: ’Bana väg för Herren![a]’ som profeten Jesaja har sagt.”

24 De som hade sänts ut av fariseerna 25 frågade honom nu: ”Varför döper du om du varken är Messias eller Elia eller profeten?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:23 Se Jes 40:3.

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

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

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