Mark 6:15

15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah," and others were saying, "[He is] a prophet like one of the prophets."

Mark 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:15

Others said that it is Elias
This was the opinion, either of many of the Jews, who expected that Elias the Tishbite would come in person, before the coming of the Messiah; and thought by the appearance and wonderful works of Jesus, that he was now come: or of Herod's courtiers, who said this to divert him from his notion of John the Baptist, which they might perceive was very distressing to him; though the former seems rather to be the sense:

others said, that it is a prophet:
or "the prophet", that was to come, whom Moses had spoken of, and the Jews expected; this was the opinion of others of them: or

as one of the prophets.
The word (h) , "or", is left out in some copies; and so it is in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; and then the sense is, this new prophet lately raised up, is as one of the old prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others; or one of them had risen up.

Mark 6:15 In-Context

13 And they were expelling many demons and anointing many sick [people] with olive oil and healing [them].

14 And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."

15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah," and others were saying, "[He is] a prophet like one of the prophets."

16 But [when] Herod heard [it], he said, "John whom I beheaded--this one has been raised!"

17 For Herod himself had sent [and] arrested John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.