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Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

KJV

Ecce ego mittam vobis Eliam prophetam, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et horribilis.

Vulgate

ὃς ἀποκαταστήσει καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, μὴ ἔλθω καὶ πατάξω τὴν γῆν ἄρδην.

LXX

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

ASV

Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims

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Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

  • Matt 11:14 · paraphrase
    "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come."
    Malachi: Elijah will come — Jesus identifies John the Baptist
  • Luke 1:17 · echo
    "And 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."
    Malachi: Elijah will come — John the Baptist in the spirit of Elijah

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Prophecy

Typology

Historic Christian voices

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

Chapter 29.—Of the Coming of Elias Before the Judgment, that the Jews May Be Converted to Christ by His Preaching and Explanation of Scripture. After admonishing them to give heed to the law of Moses, as he foresaw that for a long time to come they would not understand it spiritually and rightly, he went on to say, “And, behold, I will send to you Elias the Tishbite before the …
[Three Leaves from the Beginning.] 1. He who distinguishes in himself voice and meaning and things for which the meaning stands, will not be offended at rudeness of language if, on enquiry, he finds the things spoken of to be sound. The more may this be so when we remember how the holy men acknowledge their speech and their preaching to be not in persuasion of the wisdom of wor…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…

Cross-references

  • 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 18:37 — Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
  • 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
  • 2Pet 1:16 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • Acts 2:19 — And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
  • Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
  • Acts 3:21 — Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
  • Ezek 13:5 — Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
  • Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
  • Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • Joel 2:31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
  • Joel 2:31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
  • John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
  • 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 1:25 — And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
  • Luke 1:17 — And 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 L
  • Luke 1:17 — And 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 L
  • Luke 7:26 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
  • Luke 7:27 — This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
  • Luke 9:19 — They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
  • Luke 9:30 — And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
  • Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
  • Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mark 6:15 — Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
  • Mark 8:28 — And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
  • Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  • Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  • 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 11:10 — For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
  • Matt 11:13 — For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
  • Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
  • Matt 16:14 — And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
  • Matt 17:3 — And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
  • Matt 17:10 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  • Matt 17:10 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?