“And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.”
They replied, some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets — the popular identifications are the same as Herod's list (Mark 6:14–15): John the Baptist raised, Elijah, one of the prophets. The crowd's categories can place Jesus within the prophetic tradition but cannot reach the correct answer. The best the crowd can do is locate Jesus among the greatest figures of Israel's prophetic history — which is high praise but not high enough.
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