Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 16:14
Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist. Who had been killed by
Herod a few months before. That was one popular notion regarding him,
circulating, no doubt, chiefly among those who had never seen him.
Herod Antipas entertained it (Mark 14:1).
Elijah. It was very generally expected that Elijah was to return
to the earth in connection with the Messiah's advent (Malachi 4:5).
One of the prophets. The Jews believed that at the coming of the
Messiah the prophets were to rise again.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 14:2
Matthew 16:14
Luke 9:18-21
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