Malachi 4:5
Context| NETBible | Look, I will send you Elijah 1 the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives. |
| XREF | Isa 40:3; Joe 2:31; Mal 3:1; Mal 4:1; Mt 11:13,14; Mt 17:10-13; Mt 27:47-49; Mr 9:11-13; Lu 1:17; Lu 7:26-28; Lu 9:30; Joh 1:21,25; Ac 2:19,20; Re 6:17 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn I will send you Elijah the prophet. In light of the ascension of Elijah to heaven without dying (2 Kgs 2:11), Judaism has always awaited his return as an aspect of the messianic age (see, e.g., John 1:19-28). Jesus identified John the Baptist as Elijah, because he came in the “spirit and power” of his prototype Elijah (Matt 11:14; 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36). |
