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And they asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?" 1
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His answer was, "Elijah is indeed coming first in order to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected? 2
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I tell you, however, that Elijah has already come and that people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scriptures say about him."