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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?
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The Elijah Riddle Solved
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus identifies John the Baptist as the fulfillment of the prophecy that Elijah would come first. The disciples were confused by this, but Jesus patiently explained that John had come in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' to 'restore all things' by preparing the people for the Messiah.
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Restoreth all things (αποκατιστανε παντα). This late double compound verb, usual form αποκαθιστημ in the papyri, is Christ's descr…
19th Century
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17th Century
Pastor
And he answered, and told them Allowing that their observation was right, and that this was the sense of the Scribes…
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Here is a prediction of the near approach of Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to …