Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
But I say to you, That Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but have done to him whatever they desired. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer from them.
And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,