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.
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Gill's Exposition
But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come,.... Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him.
And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; See Gill on Mat 17:12; which…
Why say the scribes ... - See the notes at Mat 17:10-13.
Here is, I. A prediction of Christ's kingdom now near approaching, Mar 9:1. That which is foretold, is, 1. That the kingdom of God would come, and would come so as to be seen: the kingdom of the…
Cambridge Bible
That Elias is indeed come that is in the person of John the Baptist, to whom men acted even as it had been written of the persecution of the real Elijah. A few remarks here will not be out of place…
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