Malachi 4:5 (WEB)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
Fathers and councils · 11
Tertullian
“Well, then, was it really in a Pythagorean sense that the Jews approached John with the inquiry, “Art thou Elias?” and not rather in the sense of the divine prediction, “Behold, I will send you Elijah” the Tisbite?” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5.
Read the whole comment“No one has as yet fallen in with Elias; no one has as yet escaped from Antichrist; no one has as yet had to bewail the downfall of Babylon.” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“But what was foretold of Elias by Malachi, is now spoken by the angel of John; as it follows, That he should turn the hearts of the parents to the children; (Mal. 4:5, 6.) pouring into the minds of the people, by his preaching, the spiritual knowledge of the ancient saints.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“…“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers;” [Mal 4:5-6] he will yield up also to death that debt, which by his prolonged life he has delayed to render.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“And therefore was he carried by a chariot into heaven, therefore he appeared glorified with the Lord, and therefore he is to come as the forerunner of the Lord’s advent.” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5.
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Justin Martyr
“Then I inquired of him, “Does not Scripture, in the book of Zechariah, say that Elijah shall come before the great and terrible day of the Lord?”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5.
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John Chrysostom
“For “I will send you,” it is said, “Elias the Tishbite, who shall turn the heart of the father to the children.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6 [LXX., but with “children” substituted for “son.”—R.]
Read the whole comment“Such as the Prophet Malachi spake of; for “I will send you,” saith He, “Elias the Tishbite, who shall restore the heart of father to son, lest I come and utterly smite the earth.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6, LXX.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The Lord speaks in Malachias, “I will send you Elias the Tishbite;” [Mal 4:5] and of the same again, “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face.”” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…of the Lord come: and he shall turn the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his next of kin, lest I come and utterly smite the earth.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…comes; and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, lest I come and smite the earth utterly.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6.
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 11:12–15 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 11:12–15 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.3.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:15–17 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:15–17 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.3.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.3.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 35.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 49.
Cited together in The City of God XX.29 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.3.
Cited together in The City of God XX.29.
Cited together in The City of God XX.29.
Parallel passages
Joel 2:31 and Malachi 4:5 share the same wording (10 words).
Quoted in
Acts 2:20 takes up the words of Malachi 4:5 (8 words in common).