Mark 8:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some [say], Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

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  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
  • Matt 14:2 : 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
  • John 1:21 : 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
  • Matt 16:14 : 14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
  • Mark 6:14-16 : 14 ¶ And king Herod heard [of him]; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard [thereof], he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12 And he answered and told them, ‹Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.› 13 ‹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.›
  • Luke 9:7-9 : 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; 8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

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    15Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

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