“They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
They replied, some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life — the popular identifications are the same as Herod's list (verse 7–8). The crowd can place Jesus in the prophetic tradition but cannot reach the correct answer. The best the crowd can do is name the greatest figures of Israel's prophetic history.
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