23 He said: a“I am
b‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
b‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, a“I baptize with water, bbut there stands One among you whom you do not know.
27 aIt is He who, coming after me,1 is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
28 These things were done ain Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! aThe Lamb of God bwho takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who1 is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in John 1:25:
Elijah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Elijah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Elijah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Christ {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Christ {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing John 1:25:
Jesus Christ, 4b {I.S.B.E.}
Papyrus {I.S.B.E.}
Regeneration {I.S.B.E.}
Text And Manuscripts Of The New Testament {I.S.B.E.}
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