Matthew 17:12

First Nations Version

but I am telling you that he has already come, and no one recognized him. They did whatever they wanted with him, just as the Sacred Teachings foretold. It is also foretold that they will treat the True Human Being in the same way. They will look down on him and turn their faces away from him.”

Cross References

Matthew 16:21

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) then began to tell his followers that he must go to the Village of Peace (Jerusalem), where the elders, the head holy men, and the keepers of the scrolls would make him suffer many things and then kill him, and that on the third day he would return from the dead.

Acts 4:10

then let all the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) know the truth. It is because of the name of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, and all he represents, that this man stands before you healed and whole! Yes! The same Creator Sets Free (Jesus) from Seed Planter Village (Nazareth) whom you killed on a tree-pole—the cross. The Maker of Life has brought him back to life from the world of the dead.

Acts 7:52

Did not your ancestors hunt down, torture, and kill the prophets who foretold the coming of the Upright One? You have now become his betrayers and murderers!

Acts 2:23

Creator knew, before it happened, that the tribes would use the power of the People of Iron (Romans) to have him violently killed by nailing him to a tree-pole—the cross. But the Maker of Life let you have your way with him, because he had made a plan, long ago, to bring him back to life. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was released from the painful grip of death, for even death itself could not hold him captive.

John 1:11

Even his own tribe did not welcome or honor him.

Luke 7:33

“Gift of Goodwill (John) did not feast or drink wine, but you say, ‘He has an evil spirit.’

Matthew 21:32

Gift of Goodwill (John) came to show the good way, but you refused to hear him. You saw how the tribal tax collectors and those who sell sexual favors put their trust in him, but not even this changed your mind to believe him.

Matthew 11:2

From prison Gift of Goodwill (John) heard about the things the Chosen One was doing. So he sent two of his followers to ask Creator Sets Free (Jesus),

Matthew 8:20

He answered the man, “The foxes live in their holes, the winged ones who fly above us live in their nests, but the True Human Being has no place to lay his head.”

Matthew 17:9

As they walked down the mountainside, he instructed them to tell no one what they had seen until after the True Human Being had come back to life from the dead. During the long walk down the mountain, the three followers had a lot to think about. Perhaps they were wondering about the ancient prophecies and how they related to what they had just seen.

Matthew 17:11

“It is true,” he answered, “Great Spirit Is Creator (Elijah) is the first to come to return all things to their original purpose,

Matthew 17:13

Then his followers understood he was talking about Gift of Goodwill (John) who performed the purification ceremony. They continued down the mountain to rejoin the other followers. When they arrived, there was a crowd of people there waiting for them.

Matthew 17:22

While they were in Circle of Nations (Galilee), Creator Sets Free (Jesus) gathered his followers together. “The True Human Being will soon be taken and handed over to men