“Who art thou?”(John 1:21) they demanded. (DA 134.1) MC VC

Knowing what was in their thoughts, John answered, “I am not the Christ.” John 1:20. (DA 134.2) MC VC

“What then? Art thou Elias?” John 1:21. (DA 134.3) MC VC

“I am not.” John 1:21. (DA 134.4) MC VC

“Art thou that prophet?” John 1:21. (DA 134.5) MC VC

“No.” John 1:21. (DA 134.6) MC VC

“Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?” John 1:22. (DA 134.7) MC VC

“I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.” John 1:23. (DA 134.8) MC VC

The scripture to which John referred is that beautiful prophecy of Isaiah: “Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her appointed time is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.... The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” Isaiah 40:1-5, margin. (DA 134.9) MC VC