瑪拉基書 4:5 CUNPTS

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 4:5

(5) Elijah.—There is no more reason to suppose that this refers actually to “Elijah” the prophet, and that he is to appear upon earth, than to imagine from Hosea 3:5; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 37:24; Jeremiah 30:9; that David himself is to come again in the flesh. When John the Baptist answered the question of the deputies of the Sanhedrim, “Art thou Elias?” by “I am not,” he simply gave a negative reply to their question, which was formulated on their misapprehension. On the other hand, that John... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Malachi 4:1-6

The End of the Christian Year Malachi 4:1 The end of a Christian year and the approach of another bring, like all endings and new beginnings in our frail and brief life, solemn thoughts. The Church in her services encourages them, and impresses them upon us. I. The Day of Change and Ending. Life, if you think of it, is so made that it seems stable, settled, permanent, and yet it is liable always to interruption and shock. It moves incessantly towards some day of change and ending. Both... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

4; Malachi 2:1-17; Malachi 3:1-18; Malachi 4:1-6PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW"MALACHI" 1-4BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial interest and validity: their truth is applicable, their music is still musical, to ourselves. But their chief significance is historical. They illustrate the development of prophecy within the Law. Not under the Law, be it observed. For if one thing be more clear than another about "Malachi’s"... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

8. THE RETURN OF ELIJAHMalachi 4:4-6; Hebrews 4:3-5With his last word the prophet significantly calls upon the people to remember the Law. This is their one hope before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. But, in order that the Law may have full effect, Prophecy will be sent to bring it home to the hearts of the people-Prophecy in the person of her founder and most drastic representative. Nothing could better gather up than this conjunction does that mingling of Law and of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Malachi 4:1-6

The Remnant and the Concluding Prophecy CHAPTER 3:16-4:6 In the midst of all these moral conditions, the apostasy of the masses, we find a pleasing picture of a godly portion, whom the Lord mentions in a special manner. There were those who feared the Lord. They had no sympathy with the wicked practices of their brethren; they did not share the contempt and unbelief manifested by the rank and file of the people. They were drawn together by the Spirit of God; they had fellowship one with... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Malachi 4:5

4:5 Behold, I will send you {e} Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and {f} dreadful day of the LORD:(e) This Christ interprets of John the Baptist, who both for his zeal, and restoring or religion, is aptly compared to Elijah; Matthew 11:13-14 .(f) Which as it is true for the wicked, so does it waken the godly, and call them to repentance. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

FOURTH DIVISION (Malachi 4:4-6 ) This part is a grand conclusion in which the great day of the Lord is once more referred to, and Elijah the prophet named as His forerunner. We learn from Matthew 11:14 ; Mark 9:11 and Luke 1:17 that John the Baptist is to be considered the type of this forerunner, but that Elijah is to come again to this earth is the opinion of many. There are those who believe that he and Moses are the two witnesses in Revelation 11:0 that shall do wonders in Jerusalem... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Malachi 4:1-6

A Gallery of Pictures Malachi 1-4 We have some pictures in the prophecy that are very vivid, and some of them very humiliating. For example, we have a picture of the utterest selfishness in Malachi 1:10 : "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought." Yet they sang how good a thing it was to be but a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord. Men do not come to this kind of selfishness all at once. For some degrees of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Malachi 4:5-6

I cannot but suppose that Elijah, and not John the Baptist, is intended here. I do not presume to say so much, but I venture to think it. Malachi had already declared the coming of John the Baptist, as the Lord's forerunner, in the days of his flesh; and therefore there needed no note of admiration, saying, behold! in speaking of him again. Moreover, the awful day of God here spoken of, as burning like an oven, should seem to refer more to the day of judgment than to the first coming of Christ,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:5

Elias. Septuagint add, "the Thesbite;" and St. Jerome (in Matthew xvii.) says, that Elias shall indeed come and restore all things. --- Dreadful. Christ's first coming was in all meekness; but he will judge in terror. Hence the prophet's meaning is not that St. John [the Baptist], but that Elias shall come before the great day of the Lord. (Worthington) --- Yet we may understand it of Christ coming into the world to preach, and again to judge. His first coming proved terrible to the perfidious... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 4:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Malachi 4:1-6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Malachi 4:1-6

Geneva Study Bible - Malachi 4:5

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Malachi 4:1-6

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Malachi 4:5-6

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:5

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