Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. New Living Translation And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come. English Standard Version and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. Berean Standard Bible And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Berean Literal Bible And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the one being about to come. King James Bible And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. New King James Version And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. New American Standard Bible And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come. NASB 1995 “And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come. NASB 1977 “And if you care to accept it, he himself is Elijah, who was to come. Legacy Standard Bible And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come. Amplified Bible And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is [the fulfillment of] Elijah [as the messenger] who was to come [before the kingdom]. Christian Standard Bible And if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come. Holman Christian Standard Bible if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come. American Standard Version And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if you will, he is Elijah who was to come. Contemporary English Version And if you believe them, John is Elijah, the prophet you are waiting for. Douay-Rheims Bible And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come. English Revised Version And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, which is to come. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you are willing to accept their message, John is the Elijah who was to come. Good News Translation and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted. International Standard Version If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. Literal Standard Version and if you are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come; Majority Standard Bible And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. New American Bible And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to come. NET Bible And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come. New Revised Standard Version and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. New Heart English Bible And if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. Webster's Bible Translation And if ye will receive it, this is Elijah who was to come. Weymouth New Testament And (if you are willing to receive it) World English Bible If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. Young's Literal Translation and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Testifies about John…13For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. 14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. 15He who has ears, let him hear.… Cross References Malachi 3:1 "Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple--the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight--see, He is coming," says the LORD of Hosts. Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. Matthew 11:13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. Matthew 17:10 The disciples asked Him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" Mark 9:11 And they asked Jesus, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." John 1:21 "Then who are you?" they inquired. "Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." Treasury of Scripture And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. if. Ezekiel 2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. Ezekiel 3:10,11 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears… John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. this. Matthew 17:10-13 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? … Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: Mark 9:11-13 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? … Jump to Previous Able Accept Elias Elijah Eli'jah John Receive WillingJump to Next Able Accept Elias Elijah Eli'jah John Receive WillingMatthew 11 1. John sends his disciples to Jesus.7. Jesus' testimony concerning John. 16. The perverse judgment of the people concerning the Son. 20. Jesus upbraids Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum; 25. and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple, 28. he calls to him those who are weary and burdened. (14) This is Elias.--The words of Malachi (Malachi 4:5) had led men to expect the reappearance of the great Tishbite in person as the immediate precursor of the Christ. It was the teaching of the scribes then (Matthew 17:10; John 1:21); it has lingered as a tradition of Judaism down to our own time. A vacant chair is placed for Elijah at all great solemnities. Even Christian interpreters have cherished the belief that Elijah will appear in person before the second Advent of the Lord. The true meaning of the words of Malachi had, however, been suggested in the words of the angel in Luke 1:17, "He shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias," and is here distinctly confirmed. The words "if ye will (i.e., are willing to) receive it" imply the consciousness that our Lord was setting aside a popular and strongly-fixed belief: "If you are willing and able to receive the truth that John was in very deed doing the work of Elijah, you need look for no other in the future."Verse 14 - In Matthew only. And if ye will receive it. Our Lord gives the information plainly, but doubts if it will be of any use to them. Will (θέλετε). For the reception of a truth depends upon the attitude of the will In this case to acknowledge John as Elijah would mean to accept the present consequences of that reformation which Elijah was to bring about (Malachi 4:6). But "the human will has a natural disinclination to cultivate and sharpen the conscience in combination with the knowledge of the law, has no desire to look into this mirror, and men as a rule desire to have quite a different picture of themselves from that which conscience shows them" (Marten-sen's 'Christian Ethics,' 1. § 119). It. My statement. Not him, i.e. John, with Revised Version margin. This (αὐτός). He and no other (ch. 1:21). Is Elias. In spiritual work, not in identity of person (John 1:21). (On the Jewish expectation of the return of Elijah, see Lightfoot, 'Hor. Hebr.,' on Matthew 17:10.) Which was for to come; which is to come (Revised Version). The phrase ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι) is perhaps best understood, not as an independent remark by our Lord about Elijah, but as a current saying, representing the popular expectation of him, and adopted by our Lord, who gave it his own interpretation. It can hardly point also to a yet future coming of the prophet. But compare Bishop Westcott, on John 1:21, and Schurer, II. 2:156. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. if εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you are willing θέλετε (thelete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. to accept [it], δέξασθαι (dexasthai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle Strong's 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive. he αὐτός (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. [the] Elijah Ἠλίας (Ēlias) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2243: Elijah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Helias, an Israelite. who was μέλλων (mellōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. to come. ἔρχεσθαι (erchesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Strong's 2064: To come, go. 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