Matthew 17:10
Greek Text— Matthew 17:10His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, for they are a rebellious house, yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.
If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
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.”
They answered, “ ‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”