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John 1:25
New English Translation
John 1:25
New English Translation
25 So they asked John,[a] “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ,[b] nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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- John 1:25 tn Grk “And they asked him, and said to him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the phrase has been simplified in the translation to “So they asked John.”
- John 1:25 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
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