²⁸ And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

⁵ See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

² And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

²¹ And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

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

¹⁴ And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

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

¹⁶ But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

¹¹ And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

¹² And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

⁷ Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

⁸ And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

⁹ And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.