Mark 9:12

He 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?

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

11They asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they wanted to him, just as scripture says about him.”

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Cross References

Psalms 69:1Save me, God; 1 for the waters have put my life in danger. 1

Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out, 1 “In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh; 1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God.” + 40:3 Some older modern versions have A voice cries out in the wilderness . 1

Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard; 1 I did not hide my face from acts of shame and spitting. 1

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 1

Zechariah 11:13Then Yahweh said to me, “Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.

Malachi 4:6He will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, so that I do not come and attack the land with complete destruction.”

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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