Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord." Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience


They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

The disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" He answered, "Elijah does come and is to reform everything, but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused? Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."


When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers. Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

At that time, Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, "This man must be John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why wonderful powers are working through him."

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead." Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

They answered, "John the Baptist, though others say Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has come back to life." Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be