And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.”
and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
They said to him then, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!”
When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This is really the prophet.”