Popular Bible Verses about Elias

And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? AMP

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? KJV

And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first? [Mal. 4:5, 6.] AMP

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? KJV

And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]--in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state]. [Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5, 6.] AMP

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. KJV

Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have [with feelings, affections, and a constitution like ours]; and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. [I Kings 17:1.] AMP

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. KJV

And He said to them, Elijah, it is true, does come first to restore all things and set them to rights. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and rejected? [Isa. 53:3.] AMP

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. KJV

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and [people] did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him. AMP

But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. KJV

And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom]. [Mal. 4:5.] AMP

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. KJV

And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life. AMP

They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. KJV

[But] others kept saying, It is Elijah! And others said, It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old]. AMP

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. KJV

No, God has not rejected and disowned His people [whose destiny] He had marked out and appointed and foreknown from the beginning. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? [Ps. 94:14; I Kings 19.] AMP

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, KJV