Mark 9:11

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes, that Elias must come first?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

In Context

10And they caught at that word, considering among themselves what this rising from the dead could mean.

12Then he answering said unto them, Elias indeed cometh first, and will reform all things; and how speaks the scripture of the Son of man? That he must suffer many things, and be treated with contempt.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.

Mark 9:4And there appeared to him Elias with Moses: and they were conversing 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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