They answered, “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.”
Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.
and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”
In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past.”
Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No!”
So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, “This really is the Prophet!”
So again they asked the man who used to be blind, “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.