KJV King James Version
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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Mark 9:11
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
WEB World English Bible
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
ASV American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
Surrounding context — Mark 9
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
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.
11 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.
14 And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
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Original-language word links
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἐπηρώτωνG1905 · eperōtaōto questionαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatλέγουσινG3004 · legōto sayοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoγραμματεῖςG1122 · grammateusscribeὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἨλίανG2243 · HēliasElijahδεῖG1163 · deibe necessaryἐλθεῖνG2064 · erchomaito come/goπρῶτον;G4413 · prōtosfirst
Cross-references
Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:Malachi 3:1Behold, 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.Matthew 11:14And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.Mark 9:4And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.Matthew 17:10-11And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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