Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Bible References

I will

Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare and clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 40:3

A voice of one is calling out,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness [remove the obstacles];
Make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the Law prophesied up until John.
Matthew 17:10
The disciples asked Him, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Matthew 27:47
When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
Mark 9:11
They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”
Luke 1:17
It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.”
Luke 7:26
But what did you [really] go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one far more [eminent and remarkable] than a prophet [who foretells the future].
Luke 9:30
And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah,
John 1:21
They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the [promised] Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

General references

Zechariah 14:1
Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you (Jerusalem) will be divided in your midst.
Matthew 11:10
This is the one of whom it is written [by the prophet Malachi],

Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’
Mark 9:11
They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”
Acts 2:19

And I will bring about wonders in the sky above
And signs (attesting miracles) on the earth below,
Blood and fire and smoking vapor.