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But others said, "It is Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets."
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The Elijah Expectation
Commentators explain that the belief Jesus was Elijah was not a random guess. It was directly tied to the Old Testament prophecy in Malachi that Elijah would return before the great day of the Lord. This shows people were trying to understand Jesus through the lens of Scripture, seeing his powerful works as a fulfillment of prophecy.
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The Herod mentioned here is Antipas (son of Herod the Great and Malthace), tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. Mark may be using the title of “King” her…
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Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him…