They answered, “Some say John the Immerser, others say Elijah, and still others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
But others were saying, “It’s Elijah!” Still others were saying, “It’s a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
He said to his servants, “This is John the Immerser—he has risen from the dead! Because of this, these powers are at work in Him.”
Again they say to the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He’s a prophet.”
There was a lot of murmuring about Him in the crowds. Some were saying, “He is good.” But others were saying, “Not so! He leads the people astray.”
but others that Elijah had appeared, and others that some prophet from among the ancients had arisen.
They told Him, “John the Immerser; and others Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”
The disciples questioned Him, saying, “Why then do the Torah scholars say that Elijah must come first?”
“What then? Are you Elijah?” they asked him. “I am not,” said John. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered.
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the kohanim who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
In those days, John the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
He said, “But who do you say I am?”