They answered, “ ‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
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They answered, “ ‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
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They answered and sayd: Iohn Baptist. Some saye Helyas. And some saye one of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne.
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They answered, and sayd, Iohn Baptist: and others say, Elias: and some say, that one of the olde Prophets is risen againe.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Luke 9:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- Matthew 14:2 and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
- Mark 6:15 But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
- Luke 9:7-8 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, and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
- John 1:21 They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- John 1:25 They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
- John 7:40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
- John 9:17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some…
19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
Ver. 19. But some say Elias] This Pythagorean transanimation is held by the Jews to this day, viz. ( ut singuli tertio renascantur) against so many clear testimonies of Scripture to the contrary.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He said unto them, but whom say ye that…
He said unto them, but whom say ye that I am?.... Which was the main thing he had in view in this private conference; and in order to introduce which, he puts the former question:
Peter answering: in the name of the rest of the disciples, they assenting to it:
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said, the Christ of God; The Persic version reads, "Christ God"; the Messiah, who is the Son of God, and God over all, blessed for ever. The Cambridge copy of Beza's reads, "the Christ, the Son of God". See Gill on Luk 2:26.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. John the Baptist] See on Luk_9:7-9. The answer…
19. John the Baptist] See on Luk_9:7-9. The answer of the Apostle shewed the sad truth that Jesus had come to His own possessions and
His own people received Him not; that the Light had shined in the darkness, and the darkness had not comprehended it. He had not come to force belief, but to win conviction. He had never even openly proclaimed His Messiahship, but left His works to speak for Him. God’s method is not to ensure faith by violence; as the Fathers say “Force is alien to God” (βία ἐχθρὸν Θεῷ).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say,…
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. It was a strange answer, this report of the popular belief concerning Jesus. There had been for a long period among the people expectations more or less defined, that certain of the great national heroes were to reappear again to take up their incomplete work, and to play the part in Israel, of heralds of the looked-for glorious King Messiah. The popular belief respecting Jesus was that he was one of these. Some thought of Elijah. The two miracles of creating the loaves and fishes for a great famishing crowd especially suggested this idea. There was a shadowy, but not an unreal resemblance here to the well-remembered miracle of Elijah, worked for the Sarepta widow and her son, with the cruse of oil and the barrel of meal which failed not. (1Ki_17:14) The words of Malachi (Mal_4:5) pointed in the same direction. The image of the recently murdered Baptist was present with some. Herod"s words, already commented on, point to this, perhaps, widespread belief. Jeremiah would be a likely instance of "one of the old prophets." Tradition had already asserted that the spirit of that great one had passed into Zechariah; surely another similar transmigration was possible. Jeremiah, popular tradition said, had safely hidden the ark and the tabernacle and the altar of incense somewhere in the mountain where Moses died by the "kiss of God." Already had he appeared to the brave and patriotic Judas Maccabaeus in a vision as a man grey-haired and exceeding glorious, as one praying for the people as their guardian-prophet, and had given the gallant Maeeabaean hero a golden sword from God. It was one of these old heroic forms, so loved of Israel, once more in the flesh, that the people believed Jesus to be.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:19 some say Elijah: See study note on 9:8.
9:19 some say Elijah: See study note on 9:8.
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