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Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι Ἠλίας ἤδη ἦλθε, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτὸν, ἀλλ’ ἐποίησαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν· οὕτω καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μέλλει πάσχειν ὑπ’ αὐτῶν. (Matthew 17:12)

But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished; likewise the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.

This verse is part of Jesus’ explanation following the Transfiguration, interpreting Elijah’s return in light of John the Baptist’s ministry. The grammar intertwines prophetic fulfillment with impending passion, using perfective tenses, adversative conjunctions, and prophetic futurity.

Emphatic Declaration: Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν

The personal pronoun ἐγώ is unnecessary for grammatical sense but here is used emphatically—“But I tell you.”… Learn Koine Greek