Then the disciples understood that it was of John the Baptist that he had spoken to them.
And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
And I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people have not recognized him, but have treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, too, the Son of Man is destined to undergo suffering at men's hands."
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and, kneeling down before him, said:
About that time John the Baptist first appeared, proclaiming in the Wilderness of Judea: