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10 [a](A)Then the disciples asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 11 (B)He said in reply,[b] “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; 12 (C)but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:10 See notes on Mt 3:4; 16:14.
  2. 17:11–12 The preceding question and this answer may reflect later controversy with Jews who objected to the Christian claims for Jesus that Elijah had not yet come.

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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