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Elijah and John the Baptist
How Elijah and John the Baptist are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Scripture links John the Baptist back to Elijah.
Malachi promised that Elijah would be sent. Jesus said of John the Baptist, "this is Elias, which was for to come."
I will send you Elijah the prophet
Malachi 4:5, King James Version
this is Elias, which was for to come
Matthew 11:14, King James Version
he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias
Luke 1:17, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 11:11-14
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Malachi 4:5
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Matthew 11:11-14
11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Luke 1:17
17And 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.
King James Version