And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.
He says to them, But who do you say that I am?
And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.
And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.
And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.
Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.