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Mark 9:11

Elijah

9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

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

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

12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of 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 dreadful day of the LORD:

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  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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  • Matthew 11:14

    And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

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  • Mark 9:4

    And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

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  • Matthew 17:10–11

    And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

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