Mark 9:11

So they asked him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10This order they faithfully kept, questioning among themselves what "rising again from the dead" meant.

12"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

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Cross References

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

Mark 9:4Moreover there appeared to them Elijah, 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 →

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