20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Mal 4:5 · echo
  "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:"
  Malachi: Elijah will come — John the Baptist in the spirit of Elijah

• Repentance
• Wisdom

• The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

• Elijah as type of John the Baptist

14 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 29:18 — O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
• 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
• 1John 2:28 — And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• 1Kgs 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w
• 1Kgs 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w
• 1Kgs 18:18 — And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
• 1Kgs 21:20 — And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 2Chr 19:4 — And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
• 2Chr 29:36 — And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
• 2Kgs 1:4 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
• 2Kgs 1:16 — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefor
• 2Pet 3:11 — Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
• 2Tim 2:21 — If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
• Acts 6:10 — And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
• Acts 10:33 — Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
• Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
• Col 1:12 — Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• Isa 29:24 — They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• John 1:13 — Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• John 1:21 — And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
• John 1:21 — And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
• John 1:31 — And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
• John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
• John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
• Luke 1:16 — And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
• Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
• Luke 3:7 — Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Luke 9:30 — And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
• Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
• Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
• Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
• Matt 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
• Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
• Matt 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Matt 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
• Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
• Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
• Matt 14:4 — For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.