Mark 9:11 “And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come fi…”

Mark 9:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

American Standard Version

And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Geneva Bible 1599

Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

Bible in Basic English

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

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Cross references

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

Malachi 4:5 Malachi 3:1 Matthew 11:14 Mark 9:4 Matthew 17:10 Matthew 17:11

Malachi 4:5 · BSB

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

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“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…

Matthew 11:14 · BSB

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

Mark 9:4 · BSB

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

Matthew 17:10 · BSB

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

Matthew 17:11 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

12He 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?

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