Mark 9:11

Then they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say, that Elias must come first?

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And they laid hold on that expression, querying among themselves, what means the rising from the dead?

12And He answered and told them, Elias doth indeed come first, and settle all things: He told them likewise how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things and be used contemptuously.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14and, if ye are willing to receive the truth, This is that Elias who was to come.

Mark 9:4And there appeared unto them Elias 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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