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Mark 8:28

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And they answered,.... That some said he wasJohn the Baptist; which was the opinion of Herod, and others:but some say Elias; that is the "Tishbite", whom the Jews in general expected in person before the coming of the Messiah and imagined that Jesus was he:and others one of the prophets; as Jeremiah or Isaiah or some other.

The Vulgate Latin reads, "as one of the prophets"; and so Beza's ancient copy as in Mr 6:15.

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