Mark 9:11-13 Part 2 of 2

   And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"

    Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him." 

  

"But I tell  you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him."

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John."

Luke 1:16-17  

"He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."  

(see Luke 1:5-25)

Matthew 11:12-14  

"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come."  (see Matthew 11:1-19) 

John 1:20-23  

He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Messiah."

    They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"

    He said, "I am not."

    "Are you the Prophet?"

    He answered, "No."

    Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

    John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' (Isaiah 40:3)"  (see John 1:15-28)

Matthew 17:12-13  

"But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. (see Matthew 14:1-12) In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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