Ewangelia Mateusza 17:11

Biblia Tysiąclecia

A Jezus odpowiadając, rzekł im: Elijaszci pierwej przyjdzie i naprawi wszystko;

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
A Jezus odpowiadając, rzekł im: Elijaszci pierwej przyjdzie i naprawi wszystko;

Biblia Przekład Toruński
11 A Jezus w odpowiedzi, rzekł im: Eliasz istotnie najpierw przyjdzie i wszystko naprawi;

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
On zaś odpowiedział: Rzeczywiście! Eliasz ma przyjść i wszystko naprawić.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
A Jezus odpowiadając, rzekł im: Eliasz rzeczywiście wpierw przychodzi, oraz wszystko zamieni;

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
A Jezus im odpowiedział: Istotnie, najpierw przyjdzie Eliasz i wszystko odnowi.

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
A Jezus odpowiedając rzekł im: Eliasz-ci pierwej przyjdzie i naprawi wszytki rzeczy.

Biblia Warszawska
A On, odpowiadając, rzekł: Eliasz przyjdzie i wszystko odnowi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and restore: Malachi 4:6, Luke 1:16, Luke 1:17, Luke 3:3-14, Acts 3:21

Reciprocal: Mark 6:15 - it is Elias Mark 9:2 - after Mark 9:11 - General Mark 15:35 - he Luke 20:4 - baptism

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus answered and said unto them,.... By way of concession,

Elias truly shall first come: this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Malachi 4:5 of the coming of Elias; of one that goes under that name, not of Elias the Tishbite, in person, but of one that was to come in his power and spirit,

and restore all things. The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "shall perfect, or complete all things", that are prophesied of him; and shall put a period to the law and the prophets, and close the Mosaic economy, and direct persons to Christ; in whom are the perfection of the law, and the fulfilling of the prophets. The Arabic version reads it, "he shall teach you all things"; the whole of the Gospel being to be reduced to these two heads, repentance towards God, and faith in Christ; both which were taught by the true Elias: but the truest sense of the phrase is to be learned out of Malachi 4:6. "He shall restore, השיב, he shall turn all things, the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers"; and as this is explained in Luke 1:17 "he shall turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, and make ready a people prepared for the Lord": which is other, and better sort of work, than what the Jews assign to their Elias, whom they expect, and whom they make to be a restorer of all things, in their way: they often speak of his purifying q of things, or pronouncing things pure, that were defiled; and among others, that he will purify bastards, and ישיבם, "restore them" to the congregation of the Lord r. Though Maimonides s denies, that when he comes he will pronounce defiled that which is pure, or pronounce pure, that which is defiled. They pretend t, that he is now employed, and very busy, in writing everything that is done in every age; so that when he comes, he will be able to give an account of everything: and nothing is more common with them, than to say concerning any matter, that there is any doubt or difficulty about it u, אליהו

יהא מונח עד שיבא, "let it be left till Elias comes".

q T. Bab. Chagiga, fol. 25. 1. & Becorot, fol. 33. 2. & 34. 1. r Kimchi in Zech. ix. 6. s Hilchot Melacim, c. 12. sect. 2. Vid. Misn. Ediot, c. 8. sect. 7. & Maimon & Bartenora in ib. t Seder Olam Rabba, p 46. u Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 1. sect. 8. T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 3. 1. & 37. 1. & Bava Bathra, fol. 94. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 9:11-13.

Why then say the scribes ... - The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had taken away all their doubts, but they recollected that it was a common doctrine among the Jews that Elijah would appear before the Messiah came, and they did not then recollect that he had appeared. To this difficulty the word then refers. “We are satisfied that thou art the Christ, but Elijah has not yet come, as was expected; what, then, is the meaning of the common opinions of our learned men, the scribes? Were they right or wrong in their expectation of Elijah?” See the notes at Matthew 11:14.

Matthew 17:11

Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things - He did not mean by this that Elijah was yet to come, for he tells them immediately Matthew 17:12 that he had come; but he meant to affirm that it was a true doctrine which the scribes taught, that Elijah would appear before the coming of the Messiah. To “restore” means to put into the former situation. See Matthew 12:13. Hence, it means to heal, to correct, to put in proper order. Here it means that Elijah would put things in a proper state; he would be the instrument of reforming the people, or of restoring them, in some measure, to proper notions about the Messiah and preparing them for his coming. Before the coming of John their views were erroneous, their expectations were worldly, and their conduct were exceedingly depraved. He corrected many of their notions about the Messiah (see Matthew 3:0), and he was the instrument of an extensive reformation, and thus restored them, in some degree, to correct views of their own system and of the Messiah, and to a preparation for his advent.

Matthew 17:12

Elias is come already - That is, John the Baptist has come, in the spirit and power of Elias. See Luke 1:17.

They have done unto him whatsoever they listed - The word “list” is an old English word, signifying to choose, to desire, to be inclined. See Judges 3:8. It means, here, that they had done to John as they pleased; that is, they had put him to death, Matthew 14:10.

Mark adds Mark 9:12 that Jesus told them that it was “written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.” This was written of him particularly in Isaiah 53:1-12. To be set at naught is to be esteemed as worthless or as nothing; to be cast out and despised. No prophecy was ever more strikingly fulfilled. See Luke 23:11, Luke 23:14-21. This narrative, with some additions, is found in Mark 9:14-29, and Luke 9:37-43.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:11. Elias - shall first come, and restore all things. — Or will reform, αποκαταστησει; this word our Lord quotes from the Septuagint; who render the Hebrew והשוב לב אבות על בנים vehesheb leb aboth al banim, he will cause the heart of the fathers to turn to the children, by, ος αποκαταστησει καρδιαν πατρος προς υιον, who will convert, or restore, the heart of the father to the son. We are not therefore to understand the version of the Septuagint quoted by our Lord in any other sense than the Hebrew will allow. No fanciful restoration of all men, devils and damned spirits, is spoken of as either being done, or begun, by the ministry of John; but merely that he should preach a doctrine tending to universal reformation of manners, and should be greatly successful: see Matthew 3:1-7, and especially Luke 3:3-15, where we find that a general reformation had taken place,

1. among the common people;

2. among the tax-gatherers; and

3. among the soldiers.

And as John announced the coming Christ, who was to baptize with the Holy Ghost, i.e. to enlighten, change, and purify the heart, that the reform might be complete, both outward and inward, he may be said, in the strictest sense of the word, to have fulfilled the prophecy: and that he was the Elijah mentioned by Malachi, the words of Gabriel to the virgin Mary prove; Luke 1:17. And he (John) shall go before him (Christ) in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, c. and that his ministry was powerfully effectual for this purpose, we have already seen.