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The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:11

In 9 translations

BSB
Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.
KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
WEB
Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things;
ASV
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
LSV
And Jesus answering said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and will restore all things,
YLT
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,
DBY
And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.
DRC
But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.
GNV
And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Certeinely Elias must first come, and restore all thinges.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πρῶτον (“first”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Ἰησοῦς (“Jesus”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῖς (“to them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of Ἠλίας: Westcott–Hort: Ἠλείας.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont add Ἰησοῦς.
  • SBLGNT: εἶπεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἶπεν; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῖς.
  • SBLGNT: ἔρχεται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔρχεται; Robinson–Pierpont add πρῶτον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἠλίας μὲν ἔρχεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα·
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἠλίας μὲν ἔρχεται πρῶτον, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα·
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἠλίας μὲν ἔρχεται πρῶτον, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα·
SCR1894
ο δε ιησους αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις ηλιας μεν ερχεται πρωτον και αποκαταστησει παντα

Who and where

👤 Elijah👤 Jesus Christ◆ The Transfiguation

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
  • Luke 1:16–17Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. 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…
  • Malachi 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
  • Luke 3:3–14He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,…

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