Matthew 17:3

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Summary

Matthew 17:3

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Behold

Mark 9:4

Luke 9:30

Moses

Elias

Malachi 4:5

Bible References

Behold

Then Elijah appeared to them, accompanied by Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.

Moses

because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.

So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, just as the LORD had said.

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all the passages of Scripture about himself.

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

Elias

So the disciples asked him, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so."

As the time for the evening offering arrived, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I, your servant, have done all of this in obedience to your word.

As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

"Pay attention! I'm sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful Day of the LORD comes,