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What is the relationship between the two Biblical persons Elijah and John the Baptist?
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∙ 12y ago
They were first cousins
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According to Luke's Gospel, John the Baptist and Jesus were second cousins, as their mothers, Elizabeth and Mary, were cousins. This information is not found outside Luke's Gospel, and the majority of New Testament scholars dismiss the story as unhistorical, with Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) saying that Elizabeth was a literary creation by the author of Luke's Gospel. So, on the scholarly view, John and Jesus were not related.
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They were second cousins--though they didn't know each other very well.
Destiney Jenkins
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∙ 12y ago==new answer== They are the same person-different lifetimes. Remember Jesus said that Elijah had already come and they didn't know him and abused him.
Elisha and Jesus are the same, different lifetimes.
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(New Answer from another individual.)
Actually Elijah and John the Baptist are connected and linked as being just one person by Jesus. Consult MARK 9: 9-13 and MATTHEW 11:11-15. The concept here is that Elijah MUST APPEAR FIRST, before the coming of the Messiah, the last judgement, and the end of time.
This eschatological belief was held among some Jews in the first century AD and takes its origin from MALACHI 4:5.
The immediate context is this: Jesus' disciples want to know how can Jesus be the expected Messiah, if Elijah has not yet come. Jesus replies that Elijah has indeed come, and that John the Baptist is, in truth, Elijah!
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Note to above: Jesus said John came in the spirit of Elijah, it did not mean it actually was Elijah back from heaven in physical form. If you read, you will notice however they even dressed alike however.
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∙ 13y agoIn the New Testament, in the book Matthew, Jesus refers to John The Baptist as Prophet Elijah?
Actually Elijah and John the Baptist are connected and linked as just one person by Jesus. See Mark 9:9-13 and Matthew 11:11-15. The concept here is that Elijah MUST appear before the Messiah, the last judgement, and the end of time. This eschatological belief was held among some Jews during the first century AD. This belief is taken and comes from Malachi 4:5.
Jesus' disciples want to know how can Jesus can be the Messiah, if Elijah has not yet come. Jesus replies that Elijah has indeed come, and that John the Baptist is Elijah!
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∙ 10y agoThey were first cousins
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According to Luke's Gospel, John the Baptist and Jesus were second cousins, as their mothers, Elizabeth and Mary, were cousins. This information is not found outside Luke's Gospel, and the majority of New Testament scholars dismiss the story as unhistorical, with Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) saying that Elizabeth was a literary creation by the author of Luke's Gospel. So, on the scholarly view, John and Jesus were not related.
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They were second cousins--though they didn't know each other very well.
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∙ 13y agoThey are not connected as Elijah the prophet lived years before John the baptist.
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∙ 9y agoNo, they were two different men. But some may call John a 'type' of Elijah.
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∙ 12y agothey were cousins.
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∙ 14y ago1st cousins
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