Mark 9:11

They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

12"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah who was to come.

Mark 9:4Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two 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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