Matthew 11:13-14
11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.
11:14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.
Matthew 14:5
14:5 Although
Herod
wanted to kill John,
he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.
Matthew 17:12-13
17:12 And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In
the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
Matthew 21:24-26
21:24 Jesus
answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
21:25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?”
They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
21:26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”
Mark 9:11-13
9:11 Then they asked him, “Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”
9:12 He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?
9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”
Luke 1:15-17
1:15 for he will be great in the sight of
the Lord. He
must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
1:16 He
will turn
many of the people
of Israel to the Lord their God.
1:17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord
in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
Luke 1:76
1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High.
For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,