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John Gill
But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come,.... Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him. And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; [See comments on Matthew 17:12]; which words should be read in a parenthesis, as they are in the Vulgate Latin version; for what follows, as it is written of him, respects not what the Scribes and Pharisees, and the people of the Jews...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's transfiguration upon the mount, ver. 1-13. II. His casting the devil out of a child, when the disciples could not do it, ver. 14-29. III. His prediction of his own sufferings and death, ver. 30-32. IV. The check he gave to his disciples for disputing who should be greatest (ver. 33-37); and to John for rebuking one who cast out devils in Christ's name, and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, — John the Baptist was he.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. It is rather singular that the disciples should begin to ask about the scribes, for this was, as it were, a sort of warning note for a battle into which they were about to plunge. They talked about the scribes, but the scribes were down below in conflict with the rest of the apostolic brotherhood, and now, while they are...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. Notice that, even...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. John the Baptist...