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Mark 9:11

Elijah

9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

13 But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
KJV
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
WEB
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
ASV
And they asked him, saying, [How is it] that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
DARBY
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
BLB
And they were questioning Him, saying, “The scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first.”
ÅB
Og de spurte ham og sa: De skriftlærde sier jo at Elias først må komme?
OTB
De spurte ham: «Hvorfor sier de skriftlærde at Elia først må komme?»
B1930
Og de spurte ham og sa: De skriftlærde sier jo at Elias først må komme?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Malachi 4:5

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

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  • Malachi 3:1

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Matthew 11:14

    And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

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  • Mark 9:4

    And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

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  • Matthew 17:10–11

    The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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