Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.
if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.
“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before Him.
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea