John 1:24

John 1:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
• New International Version (NIV)Now the Pharisees who had been sent
• English Standard Version (ESV)(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

Context of John 1:24

22So they asked him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” Some of those who had been sent were Pharisees. 25They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?” 26John answered them, “I baptize with water. Someone you don’t know is standing among you.

John 1:24 word by word

καὶ ἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν ΦαρισαίωνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• which were sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330

Cross-references for John 1:24

• John 3:1Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish council.
• John 7:47The Pharisees asked the temple guards, “Have you been deceived too?
• Matthew 23:13“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.
• Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings rejected God’s plan for them. They refused to be baptized.
• Luke 11:39The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes. But inside you are full of greed and evil.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
• Acts 23:8(The Sadducees say that the dead won’t come back to life and that angels and spirits don’t exist. The Pharisees believe in all these things.)
• Acts 26:5They’ve known me for a long time and can testify, if they’re willing, that I followed the strictest party of our religion. They know that I lived my life as a Pharisee.
• Philippians 3:5I was circumcised on the eighth day. I’m a descendant of Israel. I’m from the tribe of Benjamin. I’m a pure-blooded Hebrew. When it comes to following Jewish laws, I was a Pharisee.

Commentaries on John 1:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Were of the Pharisees - For an account of this sect, see the notes at Matthew 3:7. Why they are particularly mentioned is not certainly known. Many of the “Sadducees” came to his baptism Matthew 3:7, but it seems that they did not join in sending to him to know what was the design of John. This circumstance is one of those incidental and delicate allusions which would occur to no impostor in forging a book, and which show that the writers of the New…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. John was not that Prophet whom Moses said the Lord would raise up to them of their brethren, like unto him. He was not such a prophet as they expected, who would rescue them from the Romans. He gave such an account of himself, as might excite and awaken them to hearken to him. He baptized…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The Pharisees were deeply devoted to the Scriptures and earnestly desired a righteous life. They also believed in the coming Messiah, which explains their questions here. Some Pharisees became followers of Jesus, including the apostle Paul (Acts 15:5; 26:5; Philippians 3:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3619. record--testimony. the Jews--that is, the heads of the nation, the members of the Sanhedrim. In this peculiar sense our Evangelist seems always to use the term.Read the comment

Topics related to John 1:24

• Elijah
• Jesus, the Christ
• John

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Commentaries on John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings