Mark 9:11

And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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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 they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.

12So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of the Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Mark 9:4And Elijah appeared to them, along with Moses, and they were conversing 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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