Mark 9:11
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
In Context
10They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says the LORD of Armies.
Matthew 11:14If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
Mark 9:4Elijah and 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 →