Mark 8:28

World English Bible (2000)

They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

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  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Matt 14:2 : 2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."
  • John 1:21 : 21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."
  • Matt 16:14 : 14 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
  • Mark 6:14-16 : 14 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him." 15 But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets." 16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" 12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
  • Luke 9:7-9 : 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, 8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. 9 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

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    18It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

    19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

    20He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

  • Matt 16:13-15
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    13Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"

    14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

    15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

  • Mark 6:15
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    15But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."

  • Mark 8:27
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    27Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

  • Mark 8:29
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    29He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

  • Luke 9:8-9
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    8and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

    9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

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    11They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

    12He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

    13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

  • John 1:21-23
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    21They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

    22They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

    23He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

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    10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

    11Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

    12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."

    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • John 1:25
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    25They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

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    28and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

    29Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

    30The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18The disciples of John told him about all these things.

    19John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

    20When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

  • Luke 20:6-7
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    6But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

    7They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

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    32If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

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    34Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

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    26They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

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    3and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

    4Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

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    40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."

    41Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

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    2They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

    3He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:

    4the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

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    25The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

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    9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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    26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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    19He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

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    2and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

  • Matt 27:47
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    47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."

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    7He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"

  • Matt 22:42
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    42saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."