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?”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Then the Pharisees who had been sent

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

Some Pharisees who had been sent asked John

And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Now the Pharisees who had been sent

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Then some members of the religious sect known as the Pharisees questioned John

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)