Then the followers understood that Jesus was talking about John the Baptist.
And if you will believe what they said, you will believe that John is Elijah, whom they said would come.
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him. They did to him whatever they wanted to do. It will be the same with the Son of Man; those same people will make the Son of Man suffer.”
When Jesus and his followers came back to the crowd, a man came to Jesus and bowed before him.
About that time John the Baptist began preaching in the desert area of Judea.