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Luke 9:19 KJV
Luke · chapter 9 · verse 19
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.Luke 9:19 · King James Version
Luke 9:19 in context
17And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
18And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
19They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
21And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeringapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- Baptistbaptistēsa baptiser, one who administers the rite of baptism, the surname of John, the forerunner…G910 →
- othersallosanother, otherG243 →
- EliasēliasElijah = " my God is Jehovah" , a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching…G2243 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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In these verses, we have Christ discoursing with his disciples about the great things that pertained to the kingdom of God; and one circumstance of this discourse is taken notice of here which we had not in the other evangelists - that Christ was alone praying, and his disciples with him, when he entered into this…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-27