Mark 9:11

And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

In Context

10And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.

12And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 11:14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

Mark 9:4And there appeared to them Elias with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:2-14

The Transfiguration. 1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses:… Read the whole commentary →

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