The Coming of Elijah
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Matthew 17:9–13
17:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” 75%
17:10 His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 88%
17:11 Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things, 85%
17:12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.” 74%
17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer. 36%
Mark 9:9–13
9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 67%
9:10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant. 46%
9:11 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 100%
9:12 He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised? 71%
9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.” 81%
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43%
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43%
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