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Matthew 17:11
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“Elijah is coming
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Elias truely shall first come, and restore all things:
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
He answered, "Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.
And He answered and said, "Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
Jesus answered, "They are right to say that Elijah is coming and that he will make everything the way it should be.
He answered and said, "Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Certeinely Elias must first come, and restore all thinges.
And He answered and said, "Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
And He answered and said, "Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
Jesus replied, "Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.
Jesus told them, "Elijah certainly will come and get everything ready.
He answered, "On the one hand, Eliyahu is coming and will restore all things;
And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.
Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah will come first, so that everything might be fulfilled.
"Elijah is indeed coming first," answered Jesus, "and he will get everything ready.
And he answered and said, "Elijah indeed is coming, and will restore all things.
And answering, Jesus said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and shall restore all things.
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:
Yeshua answered them, "Eliyah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,
He answered them, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.Malachi 4:6; Luke 1:16-17; Acts 3:21;">[xr]
Jeshu answered and said to them, Elia cometh first that he may fulfil every thing;
Jesus answered, and said to them: Elijah doth first come, to fulfill every thing.
Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Elias truely shall first come, and restore all thynges:
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,
And Jesus answering said to them, Elijah truly doth come first, and regulate all things.
"Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform everything.
He answeride, and seide to hem, Elie schal come, and he schal restore alle thingis.
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things:
And Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah truly will first come, and restore all things:
He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.
Jesus answered and said to them, "Indeed, Elijah is coming first [fn] and will restore all things.
Jesus replied, "Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready.
He said, "For sure, Elijah will come first and get things ready.
He replied, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things;
And, he, answering, said - Elijah, indeed, cometh, and will restored all things;
But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.
He replied, "Eli'jah does come, and he is to restore all things;
Iesus answered and sayd vnto them: Helyas shall fyrst come and restore all thinges.
And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,
Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: Elias shall come first in dede, and bringe all thinges to right agayne.
Jesus answered, 'tis true, Elias was to come first and set all things right.
Jesus answered, "Elijah does come and get everything ready. I'm telling you, Elijah has already come but they didn't know him when they saw him. They treated him like dirt, the same way they are about to treat the Son of Man." That's when the disciples realized that all along he had been talking about John the Baptizer.
Jesus said, "Sure enough, a cowboy like Elijah comes and will make all things new.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and restore: Malachi 4:6, Luke 1:16, Luke 1:17, Luke 3:3-14, Acts 3:21
Reciprocal: Mark 6:15 - it is Elias Mark 9:2 - after Mark 9:11 - General Mark 15:35 - he Luke 20:4 - baptism
Cross-References
And Ishmael, his son, was 13 years old when he was circumcised.
Also, on that day all the men in Abraham's house were circumcised. All the slaves born in his house and all the slaves he had bought were circumcised.
But Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She took the skin and touched his feet. Then she said to Moses, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me."
If a foreigner living among you wants to share in the Lord 's Passover, he must be circumcised. Then he can share in the meal like any other citizen of Israel. But a man who is not circumcised cannot eat the Passover meal.
"Stop being stubborn. Give your hearts to God.
So Joshua made knives from flint rocks and circumcised the men of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth.
David sent messengers to Saul's son Ish Bosheth. David said, "Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me. I killed 100 Philistines to get her."
"God made an agreement with Abraham; the sign for this agreement was circumcision. And so when Abraham had a son, he circumcised him when he was eight days old. His son's name was Isaac. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob. And Jacob did the same for his sons, who became the twelve great ancestors of our people.
Abraham was circumcised later to show that God accepted him. His circumcision was proof that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised. They believe and are accepted as people who are right with God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Jesus answered and said unto them,.... By way of concession,
Elias truly shall first come: this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Malachi 4:5 of the coming of Elias; of one that goes under that name, not of Elias the Tishbite, in person, but of one that was to come in his power and spirit,
and restore all things. The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "shall perfect, or complete all things", that are prophesied of him; and shall put a period to the law and the prophets, and close the Mosaic economy, and direct persons to Christ; in whom are the perfection of the law, and the fulfilling of the prophets. The Arabic version reads it, "he shall teach you all things"; the whole of the Gospel being to be reduced to these two heads, repentance towards God, and faith in Christ; both which were taught by the true Elias: but the truest sense of the phrase is to be learned out of Malachi 4:6. "He shall restore, ×ש××, he shall turn all things, the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers"; and as this is explained in Luke 1:17 "he shall turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, and make ready a people prepared for the Lord": which is other, and better sort of work, than what the Jews assign to their Elias, whom they expect, and whom they make to be a restorer of all things, in their way: they often speak of his purifying q of things, or pronouncing things pure, that were defiled; and among others, that he will purify bastards, and ×ש×××, "restore them" to the congregation of the Lord r. Though Maimonides s denies, that when he comes he will pronounce defiled that which is pure, or pronounce pure, that which is defiled. They pretend t, that he is now employed, and very busy, in writing everything that is done in every age; so that when he comes, he will be able to give an account of everything: and nothing is more common with them, than to say concerning any matter, that there is any doubt or difficulty about it u, ×××××
××× ××× × ×¢× ×©×××, "let it be left till Elias comes".
q T. Bab. Chagiga, fol. 25. 1. & Becorot, fol. 33. 2. & 34. 1. r Kimchi in Zech. ix. 6. s Hilchot Melacim, c. 12. sect. 2. Vid. Misn. Ediot, c. 8. sect. 7. & Maimon & Bartenora in ib. t Seder Olam Rabba, p 46. u Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 1. sect. 8. T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 3. 1. & 37. 1. & Bava Bathra, fol. 94. 1.
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. âWe 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?â 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 ârestoreâ 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 âlistâ 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 âwritten of the Son of man that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.â 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 17:11. Elias - shall first come, and restore all things. — Or will reform, αÏοκαÏαÏÏηÏει; this word our Lord quotes from the Septuagint; who render the Hebrew ××ש×× ×× ×××ת ×¢× ×× ×× vehesheb leb aboth al banim, he will cause the heart of the fathers to turn to the children, by, Î¿Ï Î±ÏοκαÏαÏÏηÏει καÏδιαν ÏαÏÏÎ¿Ï ÏÏÎ¿Ï Ï Î¹Î¿Î½, who will convert, or restore, the heart of the father to the son. We are not therefore to understand the version of the Septuagint quoted by our Lord in any other sense than the Hebrew will allow. No fanciful restoration of all men, devils and damned spirits, is spoken of as either being done, or begun, by the ministry of John; but merely that he should preach a doctrine tending to universal reformation of manners, and should be greatly successful: see Matthew 3:1-7, and especially Luke 3:3-15, where we find that a general reformation had taken place,
1. among the common people;
2. among the tax-gatherers; and
3. among the soldiers.
And as John announced the coming Christ, who was to baptize with the Holy Ghost, i.e. to enlighten, change, and purify the heart, that the reform might be complete, both outward and inward, he may be said, in the strictest sense of the word, to have fulfilled the prophecy: and that he was the Elijah mentioned by Malachi, the words of Gabriel to the virgin Mary prove; Luke 1:17. And he (John) shall go before him (Christ) in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, c. and that his ministry was powerfully effectual for this purpose, we have already seen.
