21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; …
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1. They that sent to him were the Jews at Jerusalem , the great sanhedrim or high-commission court, which sat at Jerusalem, and was the representative of the Jewish church, who took cognizance of all…
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