14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? …
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? …
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)We have here the high encomium which our Lord Jesus gave of John the Baptist; not only to revive his honour, but to revive his work. Some of Christ’s disciples might perhaps take occasion from the question John sent, to reflect upon him, as weak and wavering, and inconsistent with himself, to prevent which Christ gives him this character. Note, It is our duty to consult the reputation of our breth…
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