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Mark 6:15

Mark 6:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

it is Elias: Mark 8:28, Mark 9:12-13, Mark 15:35-36; Malachi 4:5, Elijah, Matthew 16:14, Matthew 17:10-11; Luke 1:17, Luke 9:8, Luke 9:19; John 1:21, John 1:25

a prophet: Matthew 21:11; Luke 7:16, Luke 7:39; John 6:14, John 7:40, John 9:17; Acts 3:22-23

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