“And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.”
Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life — the prophetic-category identifications (Elijah, one of the ancient prophets) represent the range of popular expectation. The long ago communicates the sense that the prophetic tradition had been inactive for generations and something from that tradition has now reappeared.
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