Isaiah 53:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 He was spurned and avoided by men,
a man of suffering, knowing pain,
Like one from whom you turn your face,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.(A)
Malachi 3:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 (A)Now I am sending to you
Elijah[a] the prophet,
Before the day of the Lord comes,
the great and terrible day;
Footnotes
- 3:23 Elijah: taken up in a whirlwind, according to 2 Kgs 2:11. Here his return seems to be foretold. A Jewish tradition interpreted this literally; the gospels saw Elijah in the person of John the Baptist (Mt 11:13–14; 17:10–13; Mk 9:9–13).
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