1 Kings 17:1
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Elijah Fed by Ravens
17 Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”
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James 5:17
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17 Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!
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Luke 4:25-26
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25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
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Luke 1:17
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17 He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,[a] and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly.”
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1 Kings 22:14
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14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what the Lord tells me to say.”
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2 Kings 3:14
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14 Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn’t even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
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Revelation 11:6
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6 They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
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Romans 11:2
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2 No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said,
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Luke 21:36
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36 Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
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Luke 9:30
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30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus.
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Matthew 7:29
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29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
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1 Kings 18:1
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The Contest on Mount Carmel
18 Later on, in the third year of the drought, the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!”
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Deuteronomy 10:8
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8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.
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Acts 27:23
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23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
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Luke 1:19
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19 Then the angel said, “I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news!
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1 Kings 18:10
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10 For I swear by the Lord your God that the king has searched every nation and kingdom on earth from end to end to find you. And each time he was told, ‘Elijah isn’t here,’ King Ahab forced the king of that nation to swear to the truth of his claim.
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Judges 12:4
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4 The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.
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John 1:25
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25 asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”
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John 1:21
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21 “Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”
“No,” he replied.
“Are you the Prophet we are expecting?”[a]
“No.”
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- 1:21 Greek Are you the Prophet? See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.
Luke 9:54
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54 When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up[a]?”
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- 9:54 Some manuscripts add as Elijah did.
Luke 9:33
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33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials[a]—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
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- 9:33 Greek three tabernacles.
Matthew 27:49
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49 But the rest said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”[a]
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- 27:49 Some manuscripts add And another took a spear and pierced his side, and out flowed water and blood. Compare John 19:34.
Matthew 27:47
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47 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
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Matthew 16:14
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14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
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Matthew 11:14
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14 And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.[a]
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