Are you Elias? — This is the Greek way of writing Elijah. The Jews expected that Elijah would appear before the Messiah came. See the note…

What then?—This was not "What art thou then?" but rather an expression of surprise at the answer, followed by an impatient move to…

And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.

Origen of Alexandria: This is the second testimony of John the Baptist to Christ; the first began with, "This is He of whom I…

The suggestion that John the Baptist might be identified with Elijah reflected the Jewish expectation that the return of Elijah would precede the a…

Are you Elijah? Why do they name Elijah rather than Moses? It was because they learned from the prediction of Malachi ([Reference…

And they asked him, what then? are you Elias ?
&c.] Elijah, the prophet; the Tishbite, as Nonnus in his paraphrase e…

John denies being the Christ, who was then expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. J…

1. Previously, the Evangelist showed how Christ was made known to the apostles through the testimony of John; here, he develops this testimo…