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And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

And {G1161} he answered {G611} and told {G2036} them {G846}, Elias {G2243} verily {G3303} cometh {G2064} first {G4412}, and restoreth {G600} all things {G3956}; and {G2532} how {G4459} it is written {G1125} of {G1909} the Son {G5207} of man {G444}, that {G2443} he must suffer {G3958} many things {G4183}, and {G2532} be set at nought {G1847}.

"Eliyahu will indeed come first," he answered, "and he will restore everything. Nevertheless, why is it written in the Tanakh that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?

He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

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?

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 53:1 (11 votes)

    ¶ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

  • Isaiah 53:12 (11 votes)

    Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  • Isaiah 50:6 (9 votes)

    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  • Isaiah 52:14 (7 votes)

    As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

  • Luke 23:11 (6 votes)

    And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

  • Isaiah 49:7 (6 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  • Isaiah 40:3 (6 votes)

    ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.