The Meaning of Matthew 17:11 Explained

Matthew 17:11

KJV: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

YLT: And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,

Darby: And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.

ASV: And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Matthew 17:11?

MEANING: What does Matthew 17:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Matthew 17:11 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Matthew 17:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  Jesus  answered  and said  unto them,  Elias  truly  shall first  come,  and  restore  all things. 

What does Matthew 17:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 17:9-21 - Lack Of Faith Rebuked
As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indifferent to the bitter need of the other. It seems as though He desired to impress on us the great truth, that we must have the seclusion and exaltation of communion with God before we can successfully deal with the anguish and terror that devastate human lives. See Matthew 17:21.
In Matthew 17:17 our Lord grieves over the unbelief of His disciples. Though they had enjoyed His careful teaching, they had failed to grasp His secret, which He here again elaborates. Faith is openness to God. It is the lifting of the curtain, that the healing light may enter. The tiny seed unlocks its little doorway to welcome the entering life of nature; and as this continues to enter, it forces the rootlet downward and the green shoot upward. It is thus also with the life of God in the soul. Let this life of God in and there is no limit to what it will effect. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 17

1  The transfiguration of Jesus
14  He heals the boy with a demon,
22  foretells his own passion,
24  and pays tribute

What do the individual words in Matthew 17:11 mean?

- And answering He said Elijah indeed comes and will restore all things
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ἠλίας μὲν ἔρχεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα

Ὁ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀποκριθεὶς  answering 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἀποκρίνομαι  
Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer.
εἶπεν  He  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
Ἠλίας  Elijah 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: Ἠλίας  
Sense: a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching champion of the theocracy in the reigns of the idolatrous kings Ahab and Ahaziah.
μὲν  indeed 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: μέν  
Sense: truly, certainly, surely, indeed.
ἔρχεται  comes 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἔρχομαι  
Sense: to come.
ἀποκαταστήσει  will  restore 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀποκαθιστάνω 
Sense: to restore to its former state.
πάντα  all  things 
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: πᾶς  
Sense: individually.

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