Chapter Seventeen - Quick Notes and Facts

• Elijah left the earth in a fiery chariot, according to 2 Kings 2:11, rather than just dying. In legend, Elijah is supposed to come back again before the Messiah returns. For this reason, a place is always set for Elijah a Passover seders, in hope that the Messiah is to come quickly.


• Both Moses and Elijah received revelations from God on holy mountains.


• Matthew's accounts of the predictions of Jesus' Passion are met with grief. In Mark, the original account, it seems that the disciples never quite ‘get' what Jesus is trying to tell them.