Matthew 11:14

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts.

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh.

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

And they began asking Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

“And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”