And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.John 1:32 KJV
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;John 1:26 KJV
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.John 1:24 KJV