But others were saying, “He is Elijah!” And others were saying, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].”

They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were having a conversation with Jesus.

Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”

He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?

But I say to you that Elijah has in fact come [already], and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written [in Scripture] of him.”

Some of the bystanders heard Him and said, “Look! He is calling for Elijah!”

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down.”