Matthew 17:10

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

And all at once Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.

Some of those standing by heard this, and said: "The man is calling for Elijah!"

"How is it," they asked Jesus, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

"What then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he said, "I am not." "Are you 'the Prophet'?" He answered, "No."

"How is it," they asked Jesus, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

Some again said that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the old Prophets had risen again.