Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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, Moses and Elias appeared to them talking with him.
Matthew 11:14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.
Matthew 27:47
And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.
Mark 9:11
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
John 1:21
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

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Mark 9:11
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
Luke 9:8
and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.