Mark 9:11

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

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

In Context

10And they kept that saying (o. logos) with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

12And he answered and told them, Elijah verily comes first, and restores all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nothing.

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom all of you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom all of you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 11:14And if all of you will receive it, this is Elijah, which was in order to come.

Mark 9:4And there appeared unto 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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