This is Elijah (αυτος εστιν Ελειας). Jesus here endorses John as the promise of Malachi. The people understood Mal 4:1 to mean the…

If you will receive it. This is a way of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common v…

This is Elijah — The words of Malachi had led people to expect the personal reappearance of the great Tishbite as the immediate fo…

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophet…

Glossa Ordinaria: So that what He had just said would not lead anyone to suppose that John was a stranger to the kingdom of he…

The argument returns to vv.9–10, stating explicitly what Jesus said there: John the Baptist was the prophesied “Elijah” (v.14). This locates his pl…

And if you are willing to receive it, He now explains more clearly in what manner John began to preach the kingdom of God. It was…

And if you will receive it
The words carry in them some suspicion of unbelief and hardness of heart, as though they …

What Christ said concerning John was not only for his praise but for the people's profit. Those who attend to the word will be called to give an ac…

After saying these things, the Lord pa ed from there to teach and preach, and this was for three reasons.