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Green's Literal Translation

John 1:24

And those who had been sent were of the Pharisees.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elijah;   Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Holy Spirit;   Life;   Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pharisees, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - John;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Universalists;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Amen;   John the Baptist;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benedictus;   John the Baptist;   Manuscripts;   Water (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prophecy;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus christ;   John the apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Papyrus;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then these religious know-it-alls
Legacy Standard Bible
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Bible in Basic English
Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
Darby Translation
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
New King James Version
Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
Christian Standard Bible®
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
World English Bible
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they who were sent were of the Pharisees.
Weymouth's New Testament
They were Pharisees who had been sent.
King James Version (1611)
And they which were sent, were of the Pharises.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they that were sent, were of ye Pharises.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Now the messengers were of the sect of the Pharisees, and they asked him,
THE MESSAGE
Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party. Now they had a question of their own: "If you're neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"
Amplified Bible
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
American Standard Version
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Revised Standard Version
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they which were sent were of the pharises.
Update Bible Version
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they who were sent were of the Pharisees.
New Century Version
Some Pharisees who had been sent asked John:
New English Translation
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.
Complete Jewish Bible
Some of those who had been sent were P'rushim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe they which were sent, were of the Pharises.
George Lamsa Translation
Those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
Hebrew Names Version
The ones who had been sent were from the Perushim.
International Standard Version
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Etheridge Translation
But they who were sent were from the Pharishee.
Murdock Translation
And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
New Living Translation
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
New Life Bible
Those who had been sent were from the proud religious law-keepers.
English Revised Version
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
New Revised Standard
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they had been sent forth from among the Pharisees;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that were sent were of the Pharisees.
King James Version
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
Lexham English Bible
(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they which were sent, were of the pharisees.
Easy-to-Read Version
These Jews were sent from the Pharisees.
English Standard Version
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
New American Standard Bible
And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
Good News Translation
The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei that weren sent, weren of the Fariseis.
Young's Literal Translation
And those sent were of the Pharisees,

Contextual Overview

19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites that they might ask him, Who are you? 20 And he acknowledged and did not deny; yea, he acknowledged, 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 Then they said to him, Who are you, that we may give an answer to those sending us? What do you say about yourself? 23 He said, "I am a voice crying in the wilderness:" "Make straight" "the way of the Lord," as Isaiah the prophet said. Isa. 40:3 24 And those who had been sent were of the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water, but One stands in your midst whom you do not know; 27 This One it is who has come after me, who has been before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the thong of His sandal. 28 These things took place in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were of: John 3:1, John 3:2, John 7:47-49, Matthew 23:13-15, Matthew 23:26, Luke 7:30, Luke 11:39-44, Luke 11:53, Luke 16:14, Acts 23:8, Acts 26:5, Philippians 3:5, Philippians 3:6

John 1:25

Why: Matthew 21:23, Acts 4:5-7, Acts 5:28

that Christ: John 1:20-22, Daniel 9:24-26

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:7 - the Pharisees

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the collection of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
Genesis 7:14
they, and every animal according to its kind, and every beast according to its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind; and every fowl according to its kind, every bird of every wing.
Genesis 8:19
every animal, every creeping thing, and every fowl; all which creeps on the earth. They went forth out of the ark according to their families.
Job 39:1
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bear? Do you observe the calving of deer?
Job 39:5
Who has sent out the wild ass free, or who has loosened the bands of the wild ass?
Job 39:9
Will the wild ox consent to be your servant, or spend the night by your feed-trough?
Job 39:19
Have you given the horse its strength: have you clothed its neck with a mane?
Job 40:15
Now behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Who were the straitest sect of religion among the Jews; were very zealous of the traditions of the elders, and professed an expectation of the Messiah; and were famous in the nation for their knowledge and learning, as well as for their devotion and sanctity: and many of them were in the sanhedrim, as appears from John 3:1,

John 3:1- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Were 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 Testament were honest men and knew what they affirmed. Because:

  1. The Pharisees composed a great part of the Sanhedrin, Acts 23:6. It is probable that a deputation from the Sanhedrin would be of that party.
  2. The Pharisees were very tenacious of rites and customs, of traditions and ceremonies. They observed many. They believed that they were lawful, Mark 7:3-4. Of course, they believed that those rites might be increased, but they did not suppose that it could be done except by the authority of a prophet or of the Messiah. When, therefore, John came “baptizing” - adding a rite to be observed by his followers - baptizing not only Gentiles, but also Jews - the question was whether he had authority to institute a new rite; whether it was to be received among the ceremonies of religion. In this question the Sadducees felt no interest, for they rejected all such rites at once; but the Pharisees thought it was worth inquiry, and it was a question on which they felt themselves specially called on to act as the guardians of the ceremonies of religion.

 
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