Mark 9:11

And they asked him, and said: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And they kept that saying in their mind; and inquired, What doth this saying mean: " When he shall be risen from the dead!"

12He said to them: Elijah truly first cometh, to prepare all things: and, as it is written of the Son of man, he will suffer much, and be rejected.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14And, if ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was to come.

Mark 9:4And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation 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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