Then His disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah who is to come.
But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they desired. Likewise also the Son of Man shall suffer from them.
And when they came to the crowd, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,