Others said, “He’s the prophet Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet like the other great prophets of the past.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
- KJV Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
- BSB Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
- NKJV Others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
- NASB But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
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Quick answer
Others speculate that Jesus is Elijah or one of the prophets.
Overview
The popular guesses reflect genuine expectation of Elijah's return and the prophetic role, yet they fall short of recognizing Jesus as the Messiah. Such opinions honor Jesus while still missing his true identity. The verse highlights the wider confusion about who Jesus really is.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Matt 16:14They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
- Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- Matt 21:11The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
- Mark 8:28They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
- John 9:17Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
- John 1:21They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- Mark 15:35–36Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
- Luke 7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
- Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
- Mark 9:12–13He 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?
- Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- John 6:14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”
- John 7:40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
- Matt 17:10–11His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Luke 1:17He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
- John 1:25They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
- Luke 9:19They answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
- Luke 9:8and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
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