And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.

Then Moses ¹  and Elijah ²  also appeared before them, talking with him.

He ¹  answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, ¹  and they were talking with Jesus.

Then ¹  two men, Moses and Elijah, ²  began talking with him. ³ 

Others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past.”

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”

Yet ¹  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ² 

while others were saying that Elijah ¹  had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen. ² 

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ¹  put it on a stick, ²  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

So they asked him, “Then who are you? ¹  Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!” ²  “Are you the Prophet?” ³  He answered, “No!”

So they asked John, ¹  “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, ²  nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Elijah was a human being ¹  like us, and he prayed earnestly ²  that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In ¹  the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.” ¹ 

He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?