Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? The truth of the resurrection was new to the disciples, see Mark 9:10. "If thou art the Messiah," they say, "and shalt rise from the dead, surely the scribes are wrong in teaching that Elijah must precede the Messiah."

Jesus shews that the prophecy of Malachi 4:5 was fulfilled in John the Baptist. Others contend that our Lord's words do not necessarily mean this, but that Malachi's prediction, though partially fulfilled in John the Baptist, should have a more literal accomplishment before Christ's second coming.

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