Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
KJV
τότε συνῆκαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὅτι περὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Tunc intellexerunt discipuli, quia de Joanne Baptista dixisset eis.
Vulgate
Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
ASV
Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βαπτιστής
baptistes
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
συνίημι
suniemi
verb · 26×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
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
- Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.