So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He answered, “No, I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” they asked. He answered, “No.”
“But I will send you Elijah the prophet before that great and terrifying day of the Lord’s judging.
And if you will believe what they said, you will believe that John is Elijah, whom they said would come.
They answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist. Others say you are Elijah, and still others say you are Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
The crowd said, “This man is Jesus, the prophet from the town of Nazareth in Galilee.”
He will go before the Lord in spirit and power like Elijah. He will make peace between parents and their children and will bring those who are not obeying God back to the right way of thinking, to make a people ready for the coming of the Lord.”
Then they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to tell those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
“If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?”
When the people saw this miracle that Jesus did, they said, “He must truly be the Prophet who is coming into the world.”
When the people heard Jesus’ words, some of them said, “This man really is the Prophet.”