Matthew 11:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 11:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 11:14 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 11:14 — KJV
“And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”
— Matthew 11:14 (KJV)
Matthew 11:14 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 11:14
“And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. pots: sextarius is about a pint and an half tables: or, beds”
Shares key themes with Matthew 11:14: receive, come
“And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?”
Shares key themes with Matthew 11:14: elias, 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.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 11:14: elias, come
“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.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 11:14: elias, come
“But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 11:14: receive, come
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