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Elijah » Antitype of john the baptist
And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.
and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come.
And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" And He, answering, said, "Elijah, indeed, comes, and will restore all things; but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."
And He said to them, "Elijah, indeed, comes first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things, and be set at naught; but I say to you that Elijah has both come, and they did to him whatsoever they wished, as it has been written of him."
And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." They said therefore, to him, "Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?" He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet. read more.
And they had been sent from among the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him, "Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
And they had been sent from among the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him, "Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
Inescapable question » Diverse opinions of men
And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." And He saith to them, "But who do ye say that I am?"
John » Herod antipas falsely supposes jesus to be
And the king Herod heard of Him, (for His name became famous), and he said, "John the Immerser has risen from the dead; and, because of this, the powers are working in Him."
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, and said to his servants, "This is John the Immerser; He arose from the dead; and therefore do the powers work in Him."
But Herod, hearing of Him, said, "It is he whom I beheaded, John, the same was raised."
And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
And they, answering, said, 'John the Immerser;' and others, 'Elijah;' and others, 'that a certain prophet of the ancients arose.'