19,20 The religious authorities in Jerusalemsent priests and temple helpers to ask Johnwho he was. He told them plainly, "I am not the Messiah." 21 Ml 4.5;Dt 18.15,18; Si 48.10,11.Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, "No, I am not!" And when they asked if he were the Prophet,1.21 the Prophet: Many of the Jewish people expected God to send them a prophet who would be like Moses, but with even greater power (see Deuteronomy 18.15,18).he also said "No!"
22 Finally, they said, "Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!"
23 Is 40.3 (LXX).John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ "
24 Some Pharisees had also been sent to John. 25 They asked him, "Why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Messiah or Elijahor the Prophet?"
26 Johntold them, "I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don’t know. 27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals." 28 Johnsaid this as he was baptizing east of the Jordan Riverin Bethany.1.28 Bethany: An unknown village east of the Jordan with the same name as the village near Jerusalem.
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Cidade / Povoado
Jerusalem
Hoje: Jerusalem, Israel
ἹερουσαλήμHierousalēmיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫םyerushalaim
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was the prophet who had a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He sent King Hezekiah the Lord’s answer to the prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:20).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).