Mark 9:11
“How is it,” they asked Jesus, “that our teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
In Context
10They seized on these words and discussed with one another what this ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“I am about to send my messenger and he will clear a path before me: And the Lord, who you are seeking, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant who you long for is already coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 11:14and – if you are ready to accept it – John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
Mark 9:4And Elijah appeared to them, in company 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 →