15 And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.
And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets.
Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you. And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.
They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
[Some] out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.
And [his] disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come? And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This [person] if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.
And *he* shall go before him in [the] spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to [the] thoughts of just [men], to make ready for [the] Lord a prepared people.
And some of those who stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calls for Elias. And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.
And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought: but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.
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Commentary on Mark 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
A great variety of observable passages we have, in this chapter, concerning our Lord Jesus, the substance of all which we had before in Matthew, but divers circumstances we have, which we did not there meet with. Here is,
Mar 6:1-6
Here,
Mar 6:7-13
Here is,
Mar 6:14-29
Here is,
Note,
Mar 6:30-44
In there verses, we have,
Mar 6:45-56
This passage of story we had Mt. 14:22, etc., only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have,