John 1:22

King James Version (KJV)

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

Translations

John 1:22 - Amplified Bible

Then they said to him, Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

John 1:22 - American Standard Version

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:22 - Bible in Basic English

So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

John 1:22 - Darby Bible

They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:22 - English Standard Version

So they said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John 1:22 - King James Version

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:22 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces le dijeron: ¿Quién eres?, para que podamos dar respuesta a los que nos enviaron. ¿Qué dices de ti mismo?

John 1:22 - The Message

Exasperated, they said, "Who, then? We need an answer for those who sent us. Tell us something—anything!—about yourself."

John 1:22 - New American Standard Bible

Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

John 1:22 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Entonces le preguntaron: "¿Quién eres? Ya que tenemos que dar respuesta a los que nos enviaron. ¿Qué dices de ti mismo?"

John 1:22 - World English Bible

They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John 1:22 - Young's Living Translation

They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?`

John 1:22 - Additional Comments

Note the question is not "who are you?" but "who do you say you are?". Over the years they had a number of people insite riots and claim divine powers, even to be the Messiah, so they had to check him out. We still see people doing this today - Sun Myung Moon claims to be the Messiah, the "sinless savior of the world, and vows he "will conquer and subjugate the world".
I suppose, since it had been over 400 years since they had heard a word from God, when He closed out the Old Testament, they continued to anticipate hearing from God again, and had a policy to investigate claims of divine intervention in case it were to be real. How sad that the truth had finally come, that God would be speaking to them again, and they didn't hear it! (see vs 26).

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