And if you will believe the things the law and the prophets said, then you will believe that John is Elijah. {\cf2\super [140]} The law and the prophets said he would come.
Mark 9:13 - Easy To Read Version I tell you that Elijah has already come. And people did to him all the \{bad\} things they wanted to do. The Scriptures said this would happen to him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and [people] did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him. American Standard Version (1901) But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him. Common English Bible In fact, I tell you that Elijah has come, but they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written about him.” Catholic Public Domain Version And approaching his disciples, he saw a great crowd surrounding them, and the scribes were arguing with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And coming to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes disputing with them. |
And if you will believe the things the law and the prophets said, then you will believe that John is Elijah. {\cf2\super [140]} The law and the prophets said he would come.
Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah {\cf2\super [109]} must come first. Elijah makes all things the way they should be. But why does the Scripture {\cf2\super [110]} say that the Son of Man {\cf2\super [111]} will suffer much and that people will think he is worth nothing?
Then Jesus, Peter, James, and John went to the other followers. They saw many people around them. The teachers of the law were arguing with the followers.
John himself will go first before the Lord. John will be powerful like Elijah. {\cf2\super [7]} He will have the same spirit Elijah had. He will make peace between fathers and their children. Many people are not obeying God. John will bring those people back to the right way that people should think. He will make people ready for the \{coming of\} the Lord.”
Your ancestors persecuted {\cf2\super [148]} every prophet {\cf2\super [149]} that ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the Righteous One (Christ {\cf2\super [150]})would come. But your ancestors killed those prophets. And now you have turned against the Righteous One and killed him.