and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
So they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
Others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”