Matthew 17:10

And the disciples questioned him, saying - Why then do, the Scribes, say, that, Elijah, must needs come, first?

Matthew 11:14

And, if ye are willing to accept it, he, is Elijah - the one destined to come.

Malachi 4:5-6

Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh;

Matthew 17:3-4

And lo! there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, conversing with him.

Matthew 27:47-49

Now certain of them who were there standing, when they heard, began to say - This man, calleth, Elijah.

Mark 9:11

And they began to question him, saying - The Scribes, say, that, Elijah, must needs come, first?

John 1:21

and they questioned him - What then? Art, thou, Elijah? and he saith - I am not; The prophet, art, thou? and he answered - No!

John 1:25

and they questioned him, and said unto him - Why, then, dost thou immerse, - if, thou, art not, the Christ, nor Elijah, nor, the Prophet?

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Summary

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

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Why

Matthew 17:3
And lo! there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, conversing with him.
Matthew 11:14
And, if ye are willing to accept it, he, is Elijah - the one destined to come.
Matthew 27:47
Now certain of them who were there standing, when they heard, began to say - This man, calleth, Elijah.
Malachi 4:5
Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh;
Mark 9:11
And they began to question him, saying - The Scribes, say, that, Elijah, must needs come, first?
John 1:21
and they questioned him - What then? Art, thou, Elijah? and he saith - I am not; The prophet, art, thou? and he answered - No!

General references

Mark 9:11
And they began to question him, saying - The Scribes, say, that, Elijah, must needs come, first?
Luke 9:8
and, by some, that, Elijah, had appeared; and, by others, that, some prophet of the ancients, had arisen.