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John 1:24

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

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.

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?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
KJV
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
WEB
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
ASV
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
DARBY
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
BLB
And ones having been sent were from the Pharisees,
ÅB
Og de som var utsendt, var fariseere,
OTB
Nå hadde utsendinger blitt sendt fra fariseerne for å spørre Johannes.
B1930
Og de som var utsendt, var fariseere,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 23:13–15

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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  • Luke 11:39–44

    And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

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  • Luke 11:53

    And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

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  • John 3:1–2

    There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

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  • Luke 7:30

    But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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  • Luke 16:14

    And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

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  • John 7:47–49

    Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

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  • Matthew 23:26

    Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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