Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.
And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the one who is about to come.
But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they desired. Thus also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."
And when they came to the crowd, a man approached Him, kneeling to Him, and saying,
In those days John the Baptist arrived preaching in the wilderness of Judea,