And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'
Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'
Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'
And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?'
and he said to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering said, `The Christ of God.'
And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'
and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, `This is truly the Prophet;'
They said to the blind man again, `Thou -- what dost thou say of him -- that he opened thine eyes?'