Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



and he will be His forerunner in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn fathers' hearts to the children, and cause the rebellious to walk in the wisdom of the upright, to make a people perfectly ready for the lord." Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience


"Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets." Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

"Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?" "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform everything. But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt? Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

"What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered. So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?" "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, 'Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah." read more.
They were Pharisees who had been sent. Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" He asked. "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets." "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.

King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known) Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life." Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

"Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets." Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

"John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life." Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be