Matthew 11:14

Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

and again, in another passage, "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come."[250]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII

And (we may learn, according to the Docetae, the same) from the expressions of the Saviour, "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias that was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."[19]

Origen Commentary on John Book II " He who sedulously guards himself in his dealings with Scripture against forced, or casual, or capricious procedure, must necessarily assume that John's soul was older than his body, and subsisted by itself before it was sent on the ministry of the witness of the light. Nor must we overlook the text, "This is Elijah which is to come."[95]

Origen Commentary on John Book II

Thus, in all his life, he is a little before Christ, and everywhere makes ready for the Lord a people prepared for Him. And John's testimony precedes also the second and diviner coming of Christ, for we read,[116]

Origen Commentary on John Book VI

they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he said, I am not." No one can fail to remember in this connection what Jesus says of John,[35]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

Just as because of the spirit and the power of Elijah, and not because of his soul, it is said about John, "This is Elijah which is to come,"[144]