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Malachi 4:5-6

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5“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. 6And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
Malachi 4:5-6 English Standard Version (ESV)Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

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  1. John the Baptist explicitly fulfills Malachi 4:5-6

    Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidence

    Jesus says that John is the Elijah who was to come, and after the transfiguration the disciples understand His words about Elijah to mean John.

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    • John's own denial: When asked directly, John said he was not Elijah (John 1:21). Most readers hold that he denied being Elijah in person while fulfilling Elijah's role, as Jesus said.

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  2. Luke 1:17 alludes to Malachi 4:5-6

    Strong allusion or echoHigh confidence

    Gabriel says John will go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to children, the language of Malachi's closing promise.

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