Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Luke 9:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They answered, ‘John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.’ , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life. American Standard Version (1901) And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again. Common English Bible They answered, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life.” Catholic Public Domain Version But they answered by saying: "John the Baptist. But some say Elijah. Yet truly, others say that one of the prophets from before has risen again." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they answered, and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias; and others say that one of the former prophets is risen again. |
Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
‘This is John the Baptist,’ he told his servants. ‘He has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers are at work in him.’
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
King Herod heard about it, because Jesus’s name had become well known. Some said, ‘John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers are at work in him.’
But others said, ‘He’s Elijah.’ Still others said, ‘He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.’
While he was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am? ’
‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say that I am? ’ Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah.’
‘What then? ’ they asked him. ‘Are you Elijah? ’ ‘I am not,’ he said. ‘Are you the Prophet? ’ ‘No,’ he answered.
So they asked him, ‘Why then do you baptise if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet? ’
When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, ‘This truly is the Prophet.’
Again they asked the blind man, ‘What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes? ’ ‘He’s a prophet,’ he said.