John 1:24

Weymouth New Testament

They were Pharisees who had been sent.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

King James Version (1611)
And they which were sent, were of the Pharises.

King James Version
And they which were sent were of 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.

New Century Version
Some Pharisees who had been sent asked John:

Amplified Bible
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Pharisees who had been sent

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.

Complete Jewish Bible
Some of those who had been sent were P'rushim.

Darby Translation
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

Easy-to-Read Version
These Jews were sent from the Pharisees.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe they which were sent, were of the Pharises.

George Lamsa Translation
Those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

Good News Translation
The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,

Lexham English Bible
(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

Literal Translation
And those who had been sent were of the Pharisees.

American Standard Version
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Bible in Basic English
Those who had been sent came 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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they which were sent, were of the pharisees.

English Revised Version
And 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei that weren sent, weren of the Fariseis.

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 English Translation
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

New King James Version
Now those who were sent were from 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.

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.

Revised Standard Version
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they which were sent were of the pharises.

Young's Literal Translation
And those sent were of the Pharisees,

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?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then these religious know-it-alls

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. ²⁰ He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ." ²¹ "What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered. ²² So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?" ²³ "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, `Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah." ²⁴ They were Pharisees who had been sent. ²⁵ Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know-- ²⁷ He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten." ²⁸ This conversation took place at Bethany 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

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.