Elijah

human_specialist earth Jewish single tradition · 5

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

allied with
Saint George
syncretized with
Saint John the Baptist, al-Khidr

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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