Matthew 17:10
And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'
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- Matt 11:14 : 14 and if ye are willing to receive `it', he is Elijah who was about to come;
- Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. 6 And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!
- John 1:25 : 25 and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
- Matt 17:3-4 : 3 and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him. 4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'
- Matt 27:47-49 : 47 And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- `Elijah he doth call;' 48 and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled `it' with vinegar, and having put `it' on a reed, was giving him to drink, 49 but the rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come -- about to save him.'
- Mark 9:11 : 11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
- John 1:21 : 21 And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'
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- Mark 9:9-146 verses92%
9 And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;
10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
12 And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?
13 But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
- Matt 17:11-133 verses88%
11 And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,
12 and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'
13 Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.
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14 and if ye are willing to receive `it', he is Elijah who was about to come;
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10 And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
- Matt 17:3-42 verses74%
3 and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.
4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'
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4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
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54 And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou `that' we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'
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28 And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'
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9 And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'
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16 And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'
- Luke 9:18-192 verses71%
18 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?'
19 And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'
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3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what `is' the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
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8 and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;
- Luke 7:18-203 verses71%
18 And the disciples of John told him about all these things,
19 and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'
20 And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'
- Matt 16:13-142 verses71%
13 And Jesus, having come to the parts of Cesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, `Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'
14 and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'
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3 said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'
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5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
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7 And he saith unto them, `What `is' the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'
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15 Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'
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30 And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
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9 And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'
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35 And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, `Lo, Elijah he doth call;'
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14 Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'
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17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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7 And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what `is' the sign when these things may be about to happen?'
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1 Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,
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47 And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- `Elijah he doth call;'
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54 how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'
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27 And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
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10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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2 And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,
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17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,
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26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'
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3 And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,
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45 And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,
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36 and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'
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17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,
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6 They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'