John 1:21-23 And they asked him, What then. Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

Whiston⁽ⁱ⁾ ²¹ And they asked him, What then. Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²² Then said they unto him, Who are thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us: what sayst thou of thy self? 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