Matthew 17:10 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 17:10

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

KJV

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ASV

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

WEB

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

YLT

And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'

DBT

And [his] disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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12 verses on the floor

Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Matthew 11:14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
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.
Malachi 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, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Mark 9:11
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

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Note, When we return to the world again after an ordinance, it must be our care to take Christ with us, and then it may be our comfort that he is with us. As they came down, they talked of Christ. Note, When we are returning from holy ordinance, it is good to entertain ourselves and one another with discourse suitable to the work we have been about.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Must the coming of Elias be a secret, which every body looks for?" or thus; "If the resurrection of the Messiah, and with it the beginning of his kingdom, be at hand, what becomes of that glorious preface and introduction to it, which we expect in the coming of Elias?" The scribes, who were the public expositors of the law, said this according to the scripture ( Mal. iv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G224329× in canon G190556× in canon G112262× in canon G1163101× in canon G4413152× in canon G3101260× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 17:10MAT 11:14 MAL 4:5
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
MAT 17:10JHN 1:21 MAT 11:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 17:10MAT 11:14 MRK 9:11-13
MAT 17:10MAT 11:14 MAT 17:10-13
MAT 17:10MAT 11:14 LUK 1:17
MAT 17:10JHN 1:21 DEU 18:15-18
MAT 17:10MAT 11:14 JHN 1:21-23
MAT 17:10MRK 9:11 MAL 3:1

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