They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
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They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
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And they answered: some saye that thou arte Iohn Baptiste: some saye Helyas: and some one of the Prophetes.
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And they answered, Some say, Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and some, one of the Prophets.
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Passages linked to Mark 8:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 1:21 They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- 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 9:11-13 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 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? 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.”
- Matthew 16:14 They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
- Mark 6:14-16 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.” But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.” But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
- Luke 9:7-9 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. Herod said, “I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some…
28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
Ver. 28. {See Trapp on "Mat 16:13"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they answered,.... That some said he was
And they answered,.... That some said he was
John the Baptist; which was the opinion of Herod, and others:
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but some say Elias; that is the "Tishbite", whom the Jews in general expected in person before the coming of the Messiah and imagined that Jesus was he:
and others one of the prophets; as Jeremiah or Isaiah or some other. The Vulgate Latin reads, "as one of the prophets"; and so Beza's ancient copy as in Mar 6:15. All spake highly and honourably of him: the people in common did not look upon him as a mean person; they perceived by his doctrine and more especially by his miracles that he was an extraordinary one: the several persons which they differently took him to be and make mention of were such as were of great repute; as John the Baptist, who had lately, been among them and whom all held to be a prophet, and indeed was more than a prophet; and Elias who was so very zealous for the Lord of hosts and wrought many miracles in his day; and whose coming the Jews were in expectation of to usher in the Messiah; and none thought him less than one of the prophets; and all agreed he was an uncommon man; even one raised from the dead as he must be, if he was John the Baptist or Elias or one of the old prophets; but they knew him not at least did not confess him to be the Messiah; he not appearing as a temporal prince, they were taught to believe he would be; See Gill on Mat 16:14.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain As one of the prophets. In the Greek it…
As one of the prophets. In the Greek it is, one of the prophets.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. they answered] In this answer we have the…
28. they answered] In this answer we have the explanation, which common rumour, in His own days, offered of His marvellous works. (1) Some, like the guilty Herod, said He was John the Baptist risen from the dead; (2) others that He was Elijah, who, like Enoch, had never died, but was taken up bodily to heaven and had now returned as Malachi predicted (Mar_4:5); (3) others that He was Jeremiah (Mat_16:14), who was expected to inaugurate the reign of the Messiah; (4) others again that He was one of the “old prophets” (Luk_9:19). But they did not add that any regarded Him as the Messiah.
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