Mark 9:11

And so they asked Jesus, “Why do our law teachers say that Elijah must come before God's special man can come?”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10So Peter, James and John kept quiet and they did not tell anyone what they had seen up on the hill. But they did talk to each other about the words that Jesus said about him dying and coming back alive again. They did not understand that part.

12Jesus answered, “Those law teachers are right. Elijah did come to make everything right and people did bad things to him. I am God's special man from heaven, and they will do bad things to me too. They will not listen to me, they will turn against me, and they will give me a lot of pain. All this was written down in God's book a long time ago.” And you can read this story in Matthew 17:14-21 and in Luke 9:37-43

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Cross References

Mark 9:4Then Peter, James and John saw Jesus talking to Moses and Elijah, those men that lived a long time ago.

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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