Marcos 6:15

15 Otros decían: «Es Elías». Incluso otros afirmaban: «Es un profeta como los grandes profetas del pasado».

Marcos 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.

Marcos 6:15 In-Context

13 También expulsaban muchos demonios y sanaban a muchos enfermos ungiéndolos con aceite de oliva.

14 Muerte de Juan el Bautista
El rey Herodes Antipas pronto oyó hablar de Jesús, porque todos hablaban de él. Algunos decían:
«Este debe ser Juan el Bautista que resucitó de los muertos. Por eso puede hacer semejantes milagros».

15 Otros decían: «Es Elías». Incluso otros afirmaban: «Es un profeta como los grandes profetas del pasado».

16 Cuando Herodes oyó hablar de Jesús, dijo: «Juan, el hombre que yo decapité, ha regresado de los muertos».

17 Pues Herodes había enviado soldados para arrestar y encarcelar a Juan para hacerle un favor a Herodías. Él se casó con ella a pesar de que era esposa de su hermano, Felipe.