Mark 9:12

“It's true that Elijah comes first to prepare everything,” Jesus replied. “But why then does it say in Scripture that the Son of man has to suffer so much and be treated with contempt?

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In The King James Version

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

In Context

11“Why do the religious teachers state that Elijah has to come first?” they asked him.

13However, I tell you that Elijah has come, and they abused him in whatever way they wanted, just as Scripture said they would.”

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Cross References

Psalms 69:1God, please save me, because the water is up to my neck!

Isaiah 40:3A voice is heard calling, “Prepare the way for the Lord in the wilderness, make a straight highway for our God through the desert.

Isaiah 50:6I offered my back for people to beat me and my cheeks for people to pull my beard. I didn't hide my face from their mocking and spitting.

Isaiah 53:1Has anyone believed our news? Who has the Lord shown his power to?

Zechariah 11:13And the Lord said to me, “Throw the money to the treasury,” this measly sum they thought I was worth! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the treasury of the Lord's Temple.

Malachi 4:6He will restore harmony between parents and children, and if that does not happen, I will come and strike the land with a curse.

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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