Matthew 11:14

And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.

And {G2532} if {G1487} ye will {G2309} receive {G1209} it, this {G846} is {G2076} Elias {G2243}, which {G3588} was for {G3195} to come {G2064}.

Indeed, if you are willing to accept it, he is Eliyahu, whose coming was predicted.

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.

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Cross-References

  • Malachi 4:5 (18 votes)

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

  • Mark 9:11 (13 votes)

    And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

  • Mark 9:13 (13 votes)

    But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

  • Matthew 17:10 (12 votes)

    And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

  • Matthew 17:13 (12 votes)

    Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

  • Luke 1:17 (9 votes)

    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • John 1:21 (6 votes)

    And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.