²⁸ And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

² and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

¹⁴ And they said, Some `say' John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

¹⁴ And king Herod heard `thereof'; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.

¹⁵ But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, `It is' a prophet, `even' as one of the prophets.

¹⁶ But Herod, when he heard `thereof', said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

¹¹ And they asked him, saying, `How is it' that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

¹² And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nought?

¹³ But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him.

⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

⁸ and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

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