and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

Then Moses and Elijah appeared to them and kept talking with Him.

And Peter interrupted, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! If you consent, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

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

He answered, "Elijah does come and will get everything ready.

But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but treated him as they pleased. Just so the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "He is calling for Elijah."

But the others said, "Wait, let us see if Elijah does come to deliver Him."

But others were saying that He was Elijah, and still others that He was a prophet like the prophets of old.

They answered Him, "John the Baptist; others say, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

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

Then Peter interrupted and said to Jesus, "Teacher, it is good for us to be here. So let us put up three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

Then they asked Him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He answered them, "Elijah does come first and gets everything ready, but how is it that the Scripture says about the Son of Man that He will suffer much and be rejected?

But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

Some of the bystanders when they heard it said, "Listen! He is calling for Elijah!"

So one man ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and put it on a stick and held it up to Him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah does come to take Him down!"

He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared."

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heaven was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine over all the land,

and yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

They answered, "John the Baptist; though others say Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life."

And two men were talking with Him. They were Moses and Elijah,

And just as they were starting to leave Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- although he did not know what he was saying.

So they asked him again, "What are you then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course, I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

so they asked him, "Why are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

No, God has not disowned His people, on whom He set His heart beforehand. Do you know what the Scripture says in Elijah's case, how he pleaded with God against Israel?

Elijah was a man with feelings just like ours, and yet he earnestly prayed for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.