He answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.
He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”
The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”
And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.