إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .36-31:5
قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ (لليهود): لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي لَمَا كَانَتْ شَهَادَتِي مَقْبُولَة
ولكِنَّ آخَرَ يَشْهَدُ لِي، وأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الشَّهَادَةَ الَّتِي يَشْهَدُهَا لِي صَادِقَة
أَنْتُم أَرْسَلْتُم إِلى يُوحَنَّا فَشَهِدَ لِلحَقّ
وأَنَا لا أَسْتَمِدُّ الشَّهَادَةَ مِنْ إِنْسَان، ولكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَلاصِكُم أَقُولُ هذَا
كَانَ يُوحَنَّا السِّرَاجَ المُوقَدَ السَّاطِع، وأَنْتُم شِئْتُم أَنْ تَبْتَهِجُوا بِنُورِهِ سَاعَة
أَمَّا أَنَا فَلِي شَهَادَةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ شَهَادَةِ يُوحَنَّا: أَلأَعْمَالُ الَّتِي أَعْطَانِي الآبُ أَنْ أُتَمِّمَهَا، تِلْكَ الأَعْمَالُ نَفْسُهَا الَّتِي أَعْمَلُهَا، تَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ أَرْسَلَنِي
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 17:10-13.
As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things;
but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.”
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.