This name refers to the promise in Malachi 4:5, where Scripture says that before the coming of the Messiah, a prophet would appear in the spirit and power of the famed prophet Elijah, who brought down fire from heaven on his foes, and raised a dead person with God's permission.
Baada ya pigo lao la kwanza, wakaendelea kumwuliza, „Wewe ni Eliya?“ Jina hilo ilihusika kwa ahadi katika kitabu cha Malaki 4:5 inaposema kwamba, kabla ya kuja kwake Masihi atatokea nabii mwenye nguvu na roho kama nabii Eliya, ambaye alishusha moto toka mbinguni.