Mark 9:11

They asked him, “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 the matter to themselves, but they discussed among themselves what “rising from the dead” could mean.

12He said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1“See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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

Mark 9:4Then Elijah with Moses appeared to them, 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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