Elijah verily coming first restoreth all things: and how it is written — That is, And he told them how it is written — As if he had said, Elijah's coming is not inconsistent with my suffering. He is come: yet I shall suffer. The first part of the verse answers their question concerning Elijah; the second refutes their error concerning the Messiah's continuing for ever.

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