John 1:19-25 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you? ²⁰ And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. ²² They then said to him: Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us; what say you of yourself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And those who were sent were of the Pharisees; ²⁵ and they asked him, and said to him: Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?