Verse 11
Elias - shall first come, and restore all things - Or will reform, αποκαταστησει ; this word our Lord quotes from the Septuagint; who render the Hebrew בנים על אבות לב והשוב vehesheb leb aboth al banim , he will cause the heart of the fathers to turn to the children, by, ος αποκαταστησει καρδιαν πατρος προς υιον , who will convert, or restore, the heart of the father to the son. We are not therefore to understand the version of the Septuagint quoted by our Lord in any other sense than the Hebrew will allow. No fanciful restoration of all men, devils and damned spirits, is spoken of as either being done, or begun, by the ministry of John; but merely that he should preach a doctrine tending to universal reformation of manners, and should be greatly successful: see Matthew 3:1-7 , and especially Luke 3:3-15 , where we find that a general reformation had taken place,
- among the common people;
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