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12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching and baptizing until now, ardent multitudes have been crowding toward the Kingdom of Heaven,[a] 13 for all the laws and prophets looked forward to the Messiah.[b] Then John appeared, 14 and if you are willing to understand what I mean, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come at the time the Kingdom begins.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:12 ardent multitudes have been crowding toward the Kingdom of Heaven, literally, “the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and men of violence take it by force.”
  2. Matthew 11:13 to the Messiah, implied.
  3. Matthew 11:14 at the time the Kingdom begins, implied.

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