And they said, Some, truly, John the Baptist: and others, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Others amid, That he is Elias. And others said, That he is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.
Behold, I send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the day of Jehovah, great and terrible:
They say to the blind again, What sayest thou of him, for he opened thine eyes? He said, That he is a prophet.
And much murmuring was for him in the crowds: some truly said, That he is good: and others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.
And by certain, that Elias has appeared.; and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen.
And they answered, John the Immerser: and some, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
And they asked, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou a prophet? And he answered, No.
The words of Jeremiah son of Hillkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
In these days John the Baptist is present, proclaiming in the desert of Judea;
And he says to them, But whom say ye me to be?