And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.John 1:7 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