Cross references

Matthew 17:3

Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

Matthew 17:3 BSB

Matthew 17:3 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 4:5 (4 votes) and Luke 24:44 (4 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Deuteronomy 18 to Revelation 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 17:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  2. Luke 24:444 votes

    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

  3. At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command. Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.” …

  4. Mark 9:43 votes

    And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

  5. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

  6. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said. And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

  7. Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

  8. Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

  9. As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind. As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two. …

  10. The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. …

  11. Luke 1:172 votes

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

  12. Luke 9:332 votes

    As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

  13. Luke 16:162 votes
  14. Luke 24:272 votes
  15. John 1:171 vote

Which verses point to Matthew 17:3?

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