Chapter LVII.—Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Given
of the Occasion on Which He Spoke to the Disciples Concerning the Coming of Elias.
115. Matthew goes on thus: “And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the
scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall
first come and restore all things. But I say unto you, that Elias is come already, and they
knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son
of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that He spake unto them of John the
Baptist.” 1100 This same passage is given also by Mark, who keeps also the same order; and
although he exhibits some diversity of expression, he makes no departure from a truthful
representation of the same sense.1101 He has not, however, added the statement, that the
disciples understood that the Lord had referred to John the Baptist in saying that Elias was
come already.
1100 Matt. xvii. 10–13.
1101 Mark ix. 10–12.
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