Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past.”

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

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?