The vision had meaning for the disciple too. They
were told by Jesus not to tell anyone of what they
saw (Matthew 17:9) They kept His command but
they wondered in silence as to what this resurrect-
ion from the dead meant.

There was one problem concerning the coming of
Elijah. "And his disciples asked him, saying, Why
then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias
truly shall first come, and restore all things. But
I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and
they knew him not, but have done unto him
whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the
Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples
understood that he spake unto them of John the
Baptist" Matthew 17:10-13