10 So the disciples questioned Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”(A)

11 “Elijah is coming[a] and will restore everything,” He replied.[b](B) 12 “But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:11 Other mss add first
  2. Matthew 17:11 Other mss read Jesus said to them
  3. Matthew 17:12 Lit suffer by them

10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.(A) 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come,(B) and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished.(C) In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer(D) at their hands.”

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