John 1:25 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And they questioned him and said to him, “Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They asked him, “Why then do you baptise if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
LSV Literal Standard Version
and they questioned him and said to him, “Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
and they asked him and said to him, “Why do you baptize then if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And they axed him and sayde vnto him: why baptisest thou then yf thou be not Christ nor Helyas nether a Prophet?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
FBV Free Bible Version
asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you're not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y le preguntáron, y le dixéron: ¿Pues por qué bautizas, si tú no eres el Christo, ni Elías, ni el Propheta?.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y preguntáronle, y dijéronle: ¿Por qué pues bautizas, si tú no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el profeta?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
le preguntaron: ―Si no eres el Cristo, ni Elías ni el Profeta, ¿por qué bautizas?
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Le preguntaron: Si tú no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el Profeta ¿por qué bautizas?
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
le preguntaron: “¿Por qué, entonces, estás bautizando, si no eres el Mesías, ni Elías, ni el Profeta?”
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Entonces le preguntaron: ¿Por qué bautizas, si no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el profeta?
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· τί οὖν βαπτίζεις, εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὔτε Ἠλίας οὔτε ὁ προφήτης;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ηρωτησαν αυτον και ειπον αυτω· τι ουν βαπτιζεις, ει συ ουκ ει ο χριστος ουτε ηλιας ουτε ο προφητης;
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις, εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστός, οὔτε Ἠλίας, οὔτε ὁ προφήτης;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ηρωτησαν αυτον και ειπον αυτω τι ουν βαπτιζεισ ει συ ουκ ει ο χριστοσ ουτε ηλιασ ουτε ο προφητησ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐδὲ Ἡλείας οὐδὲ ὁ προφήτης;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ⸂οὐδὲ Ἠλίας οὐδὲ ὁ προφήτης;
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et interrogaverunt eum, et dixerunt ei: Quid ergo baptizas, si tu non es Christus, neque Elias, neque propheta?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ вопроси́ша є҆го̀ и҆ рѣ́ша є҆мꙋ̀: что̀ ᲂу҆̀бо креща́еши, а҆́ще ты̀ нѣ́си хрⷭто́съ, ни и҆лїа̀, ни прⷪ҇ро́къ;
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И они спросили его: что же ты крестишь, если ты ни Христос, ни Илия, ни пророк?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και ηρώτησαν αυτόν και είπον προς αυτόν· Διά τι λοιπόν βαπτίζεις, εάν συ δεν είσαι ο Χριστός ούτε ο Ηλίας ούτε ο προφήτης;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
и запиташе га говорећи му: Зашто, дакле, крштаваш кад ти ниси Христос ни Илија ни пророк?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
i zapitaše ga govoreći mu: Zašto, dakle, krštavaš kad ti nisi Hristos ni Ilija ni prorok?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَسَأَلُوهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «فَمَا بَالُكَ تُعَمِّدُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَسْتَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ، وَلَا إِيلِيَّا، وَلَا ٱلنَّبِيَّ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC