24 [a]Now they which were sent, were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, [b]Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elijah, nor that Prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one [c]among you, whom ye know not.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:24 Christ is the author of baptism, and not John: and therefore the force thereof consisteth not in John, who is the minister, but wholly in Christ the Lord.
  2. John 1:25 Hereby we may prove that the Jews knew there should be some change in religion under Messiah.
  3. John 1:26 Whom all the world seeth not, and is even amongst you.

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