Mark 8:28
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
KJV
οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες ὅτι Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν, καὶ ἄλλοι, Ἡλείαν, ἄλλοι δὲ ὅτι εἷς τῶν προφητῶν.
Greek NT
Qui responderunt illi, dicentes : Joannem Baptistam, alii Eliam, alii vero quasi unum de prophetis.
Vulgate
And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
ASV
Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and others as one of the prophets.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βαπτιστής
baptistes
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
Ἡλίας
elias
noun · 29×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες | WH/NIV: εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες | Treg: ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες | RP: ἀπεκρίθησαν
- εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες — SBLGNT
- εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες — Tregelles
- ἀπεκρίθησαν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/NIV: ὅτι
- ὅτι — SBLGNT
- ὅτι — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὅτι εἷς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτι εἷς | RP: ἕνα
- ὅτι εἷς — SBLGNT
- ὅτι εἷς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἕνα — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Luke 9:7 — Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
- Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
- Mark 6:14 — And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- Mark 6:14 — And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- Mark 6:15 — Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
- Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
- Matt 14:2 — And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- Matt 16:14 — And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.