瑪拉基書 4:5 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 4:5

Malachi 4:5. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet The first prophet that I shall send to you, after him who now speaks to you, will be Elijah the messenger, that shall go before the Messiah to prepare his way. In him the spirit of prophecy shall be revived; and he shall be another Elijah for zeal, for courage, austerity of life, and labour for reformation. “It was the universal opinion in Christ’s time, received by the learned and unlearned, the governors and the common people, that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

4:1-6 GOD’S CARE IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENTGod’s action in destroying the wicked in the day of judgment is pictured in the illustration of a farmer burning off his field after he has harvested his grain. The righteous are likened to the farmer’s calves, which were previously tied up in the dark stalls but are now set free. They burst forth to go leaping and skipping over the recently burnt-off fields. As the sun shines down upon them it brings healing and vigour into their lives of newfound joy and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 4:5

Elijah the prophet. Called thus, only here, and in 2 Chronicles 21:12 . Elsewhere, always "Elijah the Tishbite", to indicate his own person; but here "Elijah the prophet "because had Israel received Messiah, John the Baptist would have been reckoned as Elijah (see notes on Matthew 17:9-13 , Mark 9:11-13 ): and, at His last supper, the wine, representing His blood, would have been (as it will yet be) reckoned as "the blood of the (New) Covenant", as foretold in Jeremiah 31:31-34 .Hebrews 8:8-13... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 4:5

"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible days of Jehovah come.""Elijah ..." Did this mean that Elijah who was "caught up" to the Lord, and who therefore, apparently did not die, -that he would return to prepare the way before the Lord? (2 Kings 2:1-12). Of course, the Jews generally understood this to mean that the same Elijah the Tishbite would be the one who returned. There was a strong tradition among the Jews that continues to the present day, to the effect... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 4:5-6

Malachi 4:5-6. Behold, I will send you Elijah, &c.— This prophesy, says Bishop Chandler, is a repetition of that in chap. Mal 3:1 only the name of the messenger is added to it, with the manner of his preparing the way, which is declared to be spiritual: he shall turn the hearts of the fathers with the children; and of the children with the fathers (as Kimchi properly renders the particle על al); that is to say, he shall do his part to cause a national reformation to convert fathers and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:5

5. I send you Elijah—as a means towards your "remembering the law" ( :-). the prophet—emphatical; not "the Tishbite"; for it is in his official, not his personal capacity, that his coming is here predicted. In this sense, John the Baptist was an Elijah in spirit (Luke 1:16; Luke 1:17), but not the literal Elijah; whence when asked, "Art thou Elias?" (Luke 1:17- :), He answered, "I am not." "Art thou that prophet?" "No." This implies that John, though knowing from the angel's announcement to his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 4:4-6

E. Second motivation: remember the Law 4:4-6"Malachi began with an illustration from Genesis (Jacob and Esau) and spent most of the first half of the book reminding priests and people of the need to keep the Mosaic Law. Now, close to the end of his book, he gives another terse reminder of their continuing obligation to those laws." [Note: Alden, p. 724.] "As the motivation provided in Malachi 1:2-5 extends beyond the first address to the whole book . . ., this concluding section provides the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 4:5

The Lord promised to send His people Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrived. An angel later told John the Baptist’s parents that their son would minister in the spirit and power of Elijah (Luke 1:17). Yet John denied that he was Elijah (John 1:21-23). Jesus said that John would have been the Elijah who was to come if the people of his day had accepted Jesus as their Messiah (Matthew 11:14). Since they did not, John did not fulfill this prophecy about Elijah... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1-6

4The New Elijah1. The comparison is to an oven heated by a fire lighted within it: cp. Matthew 6:30. This passage is closely connected with the preceding. Stubble] rather, ’straw.’2. ’The day of the Lord is darkness and not light’ (Amos 5:20), but when the night of judgment is over, day dawns for the righteous.The Sun of righteousness] ’Righteousness’ is here almost equivalent to ’blessing,’ as in Psalms 24:5.With healing in his wings] Since the dawn spreads with rapidity from the E. over the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 4:4-6

CONCLUDING ADMONITION.(4-6) As the prophetical books began (Joshua 1:2; Joshua 1:8) with “Moses my servant is dead . . . this book of the Law shall not be removed from thy mouth, &c.,” so they close with the admonition, “Remember ye the Law of Moses my servant.” (Comp. Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 8:14.) The path of duty is the path of safety and of light. (Comp. John 7:17.) “Mysteries belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed are for us and for our children for ever,... read more