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Matthew 17:13

Lykewyse, shall also the sonne of man suffer of them. Then the disciples vnderstode, that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Malachi;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - John the Baptist;   Type, Typology;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Hutchinsonians;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Devil, Satan, Evil, Demonic;   Devil;   John;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Son of Man;   Transfiguration, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Text of the New Testament;   Transfiguration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates (2);   Discourse;   Friendship;   Mount Mountain ;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Transfiguration (2);   Transmigration;   Understanding;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elijah;   Transfiguration;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Transfiguration, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elijah;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Micah (1);   Moses;   Transfiguration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
King James Version (1611)
Then the Disciples vnderstood that he spake vnto them of Iohn the Baptist.
King James Version
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
English Standard Version
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
New American Standard Bible
Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
New Century Version
Then the followers understood that Jesus was talking about John the Baptist.
Amplified Bible
Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
Contemporary English Version
Then the disciples understood that Jesus was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the talmidim understood that he was talking to them about Yochanan the Immerser.
Darby Translation
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the baptist.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the followers understood that when Jesus said Elijah, he was really talking about John the Baptizer.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the disciples understood that what he had told them was about John the Baptist.
Good News Translation
Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Lexham English Bible
Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
Literal Translation
Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.
American Standard Version
Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Bible in Basic English
Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the talmidim understood that he spoke to them of Yochanan the immerser.
International Standard Version
Then the disciples understood that he had been speaking to them about John the Baptist.Matthew 11:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Then understood the disciples that concerning Juchanon the Baptizer he spake to them.
Murdock Translation
Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer.
English Revised Version
Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
World English Bible
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So shall also the Son of man suffer from them. Then the disciples understood, that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist about whom He had spoken to them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne the disciplis vndurstoden, that he seide to hem of Joon Baptist.
Update Bible Version
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them concerning John the Baptist.
New English Translation
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
New King James Version
Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.
New Living Translation
Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist.
New Life Bible
Then the followers understood He was talking about John the Baptist.
New Revised Standard
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, perceived the disciples, that, concerning John the Immerser, he spake to them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.
Revised Standard Version
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then ye disciples perceaved that he spake vnto them of Ihon baptist.
Young's Literal Translation
Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then the disciples perceaued, that he spake vnto them of Ihon the baptist.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then the disciples perceiv'd, that what he said was meant of John the Baptist.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys realized Jesus was talkin' about his buddy John the Baptist.

Contextual Overview

1 And after sixe dayes, Iesus taketh Peter, Iames, and Iohn his brother, and bryngeth them vp into an hye mountayne, out of the way, 2 And was transfigured before them, and his face did shyne as the sunne, and his clothes were as whyte as the lyght. 3 And beholde, there appeared vnto them, Moyses, and Elias talkyng with hym. 4 Then aunswered Peter, and sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde, it is good for vs to be here. If thou wylt, let vs make here three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moyses, and one for Elias. 5 Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bryght cloude shadowed them: And beholde, [there came] a voyce out of the cloude, which sayde, this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased, heare hym. 6 And when the disciples hearde [these thynges] they fell on their face, and were sore afrayde. 7 And Iesus came, and touched them, and sayde: aryse, and be not afrayde. 8 And when they had lyft vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus only. 9 And when they came downe from the mountayne, Iesus charged them, saying: shewe the vision to no man, vntyll the sonne of man be rysen agayne from the dead. 10 And his disciples asked hym, saying: Why then say the scribes, that Elias must first come?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the disciples: Matthew 11:14

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:1 - John Matthew 11:9 - A prophet Matthew 21:25 - baptism Mark 9:13 - Elias

Cross-References

Genesis 14:14
When Abram hearde that his brother was taken, he armed his exercised [seruauntes] whiche were borne in his owne house, three hundreth & eyghteen, and folowed on them vntyll Dan.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire.
Genesis 37:27
Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.
Genesis 37:36
And the Madianites solde hym in Egypt vnto Putiphar, chiefe officer of Pharaos, and his chiefe stewarde.
Genesis 39:1
Ioseph was brought vnto Egypt, and Putiphar, a Lorde of Pharaos, and his chiefe stewarde, an Egyptian, bought hym of the Ismaelites, whiche had brought hym thyther.
Exodus 12:44
But euery seruaunt that is bought for money, after that thou hast circumcised hym, shall eate therof.
Exodus 21:2
If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free [paying] nothyng.
Exodus 21:4
And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.
Exodus 21:16
He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he be proued vppon hym, shalbe slayne for it.
Nehemiah 5:5
And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the disciples understood,.... By his saying that Elias was come, and by the account he gave of his ill usage, it was clear to them,

that he spake unto them of John the Baptist; and that he was the Elias that was to come, and was come: so that this observation, that according to prophecy Elias was to come before the Messiah, was no objection to Jesus being the Messiah; but on the contrary, since he that was intended by Elias was come, and had done his work and office, it was a confirmation of the truth of his Messiahship.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 9:11-13.

Why then say the scribes ... - The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had taken away all their doubts, but they recollected that it was a common doctrine among the Jews that Elijah would appear before the Messiah came, and they did not then recollect that he had appeared. To this difficulty the word then refers. “We are satisfied that thou art the Christ, but Elijah has not yet come, as was expected; what, then, is the meaning of the common opinions of our learned men, the scribes? Were they right or wrong in their expectation of Elijah?” See the notes at Matthew 11:14.

Matthew 17:11

Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things - He did not mean by this that Elijah was yet to come, for he tells them immediately Matthew 17:12 that he had come; but he meant to affirm that it was a true doctrine which the scribes taught, that Elijah would appear before the coming of the Messiah. To “restore” means to put into the former situation. See Matthew 12:13. Hence, it means to heal, to correct, to put in proper order. Here it means that Elijah would put things in a proper state; he would be the instrument of reforming the people, or of restoring them, in some measure, to proper notions about the Messiah and preparing them for his coming. Before the coming of John their views were erroneous, their expectations were worldly, and their conduct were exceedingly depraved. He corrected many of their notions about the Messiah (see Matthew 3:0), and he was the instrument of an extensive reformation, and thus restored them, in some degree, to correct views of their own system and of the Messiah, and to a preparation for his advent.

Matthew 17:12

Elias is come already - That is, John the Baptist has come, in the spirit and power of Elias. See Luke 1:17.

They have done unto him whatsoever they listed - The word “list” is an old English word, signifying to choose, to desire, to be inclined. See Judges 3:8. It means, here, that they had done to John as they pleased; that is, they had put him to death, Matthew 14:10.

Mark adds Mark 9:12 that Jesus told them that it was “written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.” This was written of him particularly in Isaiah 53:1-12. To be set at naught is to be esteemed as worthless or as nothing; to be cast out and despised. No prophecy was ever more strikingly fulfilled. See Luke 23:11, Luke 23:14-21. This narrative, with some additions, is found in Mark 9:14-29, and Luke 9:37-43.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:13. Then the disciples understood — When he spoke of the sufferings of this prophetic Elijah, and also of his own, which had been the subject of the conversation on the mount, during the transfiguration, they clearly apprehended that he spoke of John the Baptist.


 
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