Elijah
John the Baptist confirms that he is not Elijah. The text mentions Elijah in the context of John the Baptist denying that he is Elijah.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 BCE
- Attested period
- -900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Prophet in the time of Ahab.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- the prophet, Metatron, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Jethro, Shuaib, Christ, Jesus, Gabriel
- manifests as
- John the Baptist, Sandalphon
- allied with
- Saint George
- syncretized with
- Saint John the Baptist, al-Khidr
- manifested by
- John the Baptist, al-Khidr, Saint John the Baptist
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“John confirms that he is not the Christ nor Elijah nor 'the prophet' when asked by Jewish priests and Pharisees; instead, he described himself as the "voice of one crying in the wilderness".”
#1184 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus himself identifies John as 'Elijah who is to come', which is a direct reference to the Book of Malachi (Malachi 4:5)”
#1709 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Although not explicitly referenced in scripture, some of the earliest sources on Sandalphon refer to him as the prophet Elijah transfigured and risen to angelic status.”
#2225 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It contained at that time a church dedicated to Elijah.”
#20388 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Elijah and Jethro (Shuaib) are considered patron saints of the Druze people. Druze identify Elijah as "al-Khidr".”
#35344 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001