Matthew 17:11
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἡλείας μὲν ἔρχεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα.
Greek NT
At ille respondens, ait eis : Elias quidem venturus est, et restituet omnia.
Vulgate
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
ASV
But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀποκαθίστημι
apokathistemi
verb · 8×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἡλίας
elias
noun · 29×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: + Ἰησοῦς
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + Ἰησοῦς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: εἶπεν | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶπεν | RP: + αὐτοῖς
- εἶπεν — SBLGNT
- εἶπεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῖς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἔρχεται | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔρχεται | RP: + πρῶτον
- ἔρχεται — SBLGNT
- ἔρχεται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + πρῶτον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§718John is "Elijah (who) must come."92 The fire of the Spirit dwells in him and makes him the forerunner of the coming Lord. In John, the precursor, the Holy Spirit completes the work of "[making] ready a people prepared for the Lord."93
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
- Acts 1:6 — When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 1:16 — And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
- 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 3:3 — And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
- Mal 4:6 — And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
- Mark 9:2 — And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.