Matthew 17:11
Good News Translation
"Elijah is indeed coming first," answered Jesus, "and he will get everything ready.

New Revised Standard Version
He replied, “Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things;

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told them, "Elijah certainly will come and get everything ready.

New American Bible
He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.

and restore.

Malachi 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema.

Luke 1:16,17 And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. . . .

Luke 3:3-14 And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins. . . .

Acts 3:21 Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

Context
The Transfiguration
10And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first? 11But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things. 12But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, But have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.…
Cross References
Matthew 17:10
And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first?

Matthew 17:12
But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, But have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.

Acts 1:6
They therefore who were come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel?

Acts 3:21
Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

Matthew 17:10
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