KJV King James Version
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
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Matthew 17:12
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
WEB World English Bible
but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
ASV American Standard Version
but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I say to you—Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 17
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
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λέγωG3004 · legōto sayδὲG1161 · dethenὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἨλίαςG2243 · HēliasElijahἤδηG2235 · ēdēalreadyἦλθεν,G2064 · erchomaito come/goκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐκG3756 · ounoἐπέγνωσανG1921 · epiginōskōto come to knowαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἐποίησανG4160 · poieōto do/make: doἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heὅσαG3745 · hososjust as/how muchἠθέλησαν·G2309 · thelōto will/desireοὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)καὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanμέλλειG3195 · mellōto ensueπάσχεινG3958 · paschōto sufferὑπ᾽G5259 · hupoby/under: byαὐτῶν.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Isaiah 53:3-12He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Matthew 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.Mark 6:14-28And king Herod heard [of him]; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.Acts 13:24-28When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.John 5:32-36There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.Acts 3:14-15But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;Mark 9:12-13And 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.Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.Luke 3:19-20But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,Acts 7:52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:Matthew 21:23-25And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?Matthew 11:9-15But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.Matthew 14:3-10For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.Matthew 21:32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.Mark 11:30-32The baptism of John, was [it] from heaven, or of men? answer me.Matthew 11:2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,Luke 9:21-25And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing;
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